Job 21:17
How oft, the lamp of the lawless, goeth out, and their calamity, cometh upon them, Sorrows, apportioneth he in his anger;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
16Lo! not in their own hand, is their welfare, The counsel of lawless men, is far from me!
18They become as straw before the wind, and as chaff, which the storm stealeth away.
Cross References
Job 18:5Even the light of the lawless, shall go out,—Neither shall shine the flame of his fire;
Psalms 32:10Many pains, hath the lawless one,—But, he that trusteth in Yahweh, Lovingkindness, shall compass him about.
Proverbs 13:9The light of the righteous, rejoiceth, but, the lamp of the lawless, goeth out.
Proverbs 24:20For there shall be no future for the wicked, The lamp of the lawless, shall go out.
Luke 12:46The lord of that servant, will have come—on a day when he is not expecting, and in an hour when he is not taking note,—and will cut him asunder, and, his part, with the unfaithful, will appoint.
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 →