Job 21:17

כַּמָּה ׀ נֵר ־ רְשָׁעִים יִדְעָךְ וְיָבֹא עָלֵימוֹ אֵידָם חֲבָלִים יְחַלֵּק בְּאַפּֽוֹ ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and how oft cometh their destruction upon them! God distributeth sorrows in his anger.

In Context

16הֵן לֹא בְיָדָם טוּבָם עֲצַת רְשָׁעִים רָחֲקָה מֶֽנִּי ׃

18יִהְיוּ כְּתֶבֶן לִפְנֵי ־ רוּחַ וּכְמֹץ גְּנָבַתּוּ סוּפָֽה ׃

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Cross References

Job 18:5גַּם אוֹר רְשָׁעִים יִדְעָךְ וְלֹֽא ־ יִגַּהּ שְׁבִיב אִשּֽׁוֹ ׃

Psalms 32:10רַבִּים מַכְאוֹבִים לָרָשָׁע וְהַבּוֹטֵחַ בַּיהוָה חֶסֶד יְסוֹבְבֶֽנּוּ ׃

Proverbs 13:9אוֹר ־ צַדִּיקִים יִשְׂמָח וְנֵר רְשָׁעִים יִדְעָֽךְ ׃

Proverbs 24:20כִּי ׀ לֹֽא ־ תִהְיֶה אַחֲרִית לָרָע נֵר רְשָׁעִים יִדְעָֽךְ ׃

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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