Job 21:12
They rejoice aloud as [with] timbrel and lyre, and make merry to the sound of the pipe;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ.
In Context
11They send forth—like a flock—their young ones, and, their children, skip about for joy;
13They complete, in prosperity, their days, and, in a moment to hades, they sink down.
Cross References
Genesis 31:27Wherefore didst thou secretly flee, and rob me,—and didst not tell me, that I might send thee away with rejoicing and with songs, with timbrel and with lyre;
Isaiah 5:12And it cometh to pass—that lyre and harp, timbrel and flute and wine are in their banquets,—But, the doing of Yahweh, they do not discern, And the work of his hands, have they not seen.
Amos 6:4Who are lying on beds of ivory, and sprawling on their couch of pleasure,—and eating the well-fed of the flock, and the fatted calves out of the midst of the stalls:
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 →