Job 21:9

Their houses are safe from fear; 1 neither is the rod of God on them. 1

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Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them.

In Context

8Their descendants are established with them in their sight, 1 and their offspring are established before their eyes. 1

10Their bull breeds; it does not fail to do so; 1 their cow gives birth and does not lose her calf prematurely. 1

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Cross References

Job 9:34There is no other judge who could take God's rod off me, 1 who could keep his terror from frightening me. 1

Job 18:11Terrors will make him afraid on every side; 1 they will chase him at his heels. 1

Psalms 73:19How they become a wilderness in a moment! 1 They come to an end and are finished in awful terrors. 1

Matthew Henry on Job 21:8-17

Prosperity of the Wicked; Abuse of Earthly Prosperity. ( b. c. 1520.) 7 Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power? 8 Their seed is established in their sight with them, and their offspring before their eyes. 9 Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them. 10 Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf. 11 They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance. 12 They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at… Read the whole commentary →

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