Job 21:9
Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them.
World English Bible
In The King James Version
Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them.
In Context
8Their child is established with them in their sight, their offspring before their eyes.
10Their bulls breed without fail. Their cows calve, and don’t miscarry.
Cross References
Job 9:34Let him take his rod away from me. Let his terror not make me afraid;
Job 18:11Terrors will make him afraid on every side, and will chase him at his heels.
Psalms 73:19How they are suddenly destroyed! They are completely swept away with terrors.
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 →