Job 21:7
Wherefore do, lawless men, live, advance in years, even wax mighty in power?
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?
In Context
6When I call to mind, then am I dismayed, and there seizeth my flesh a shuddering:—
8Their seed, is established in their sight, along with them, yea their offspring, before their eyes;
Cross References
Job 12:6At peace are the tents that belong to the spoilers, and there is security to them who provoke GOD, To him who bringeth a god in his hand.
Psalms 37:35I have seen a lawless man, a tyrant, and spreading himself out, like a cedar in Lebanon;
Ecclesiastes 7:15Everything, had I seen, in my days of vanity,—Here was a righteous man, perishing in his righteousness, and there was a lawless man, continuing long in his wickedness.
Daniel 4:17By the decree of the watchers, is the thing, and [by] the mandate of the holy ones, the matter: to the intent that the living, may get to know, that the Most High, hath dominion, over the kingdom of men, and, to whomsoever he pleaseth, he giveth it, and, one low among men, he setteth up over it.
Habakkuk 1:15All of which, with a hook, one bringeth up, raketh together with his drag, and hath gathered with his net,—
Revelation 17:2with whom the kings of the earth committed lewdness,—and they who were dwelling upon the earth were made drunk with the wine of her lewdness.
Matthew Henry on Job 21:2-7
The Reply of Job to Zophar. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 But Job answered and said, 2 Hear diligently my speech, and let this be your consolations. 3 Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on. 4 As for me, is my complaint to man? and if it were so, why should not my spirit be troubled? 5 Mark me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth. 6 Even when I remember I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on my flesh. Job here recommends himself, both his case and his discourse, both what he… Read the whole commentary →