Job 21:17
“How often is it that the lamp of the wicked is put out, that their calamity comes on them, that God distributes sorrows in his anger?
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In Context
16Behold, their prosperity is not in their hand. The counsel of the wicked is far from me.
18How often is it that they are as stubble before the wind, as chaff that the storm carries away?
Cross References
Job 18:5“Yes, the light of the wicked will be put out. The spark of his fire won’t shine.
Psalms 32:10Many sorrows come to the wicked, but loving kindness shall surround him who trusts in the LORD.
Proverbs 13:9The light of the righteous shines brightly, but the lamp of the wicked is snuffed out.
Proverbs 24:20for there will be no reward to the evil man. The lamp of the wicked will be snuffed out.
Luke 12:46then the lord of that servant will come in a day when he isn’t expecting him and in an hour that he doesn’t know, and will cut him in two, and place his portion with the unfaithful.
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 →