Job 21:17
How oft is the candle of the wicked put out? and how oft cometh their destruction upon them? God distributeth sorrows in his anger.
Webster Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
16Lo, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
18They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away.
Cross References
Job 18:5Yes, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine.
Psalms 32:10Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that trusteth in the LORD, mercy shall encompass him.
Proverbs 13:9The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be extinguished.
Proverbs 24:20For there shall be no reward to the evil man ; the candle of the wicked shall be extinguished.
Luke 12:46The lord of that servant will come in a day when he looketh not for him , and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him asunder, and will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers.
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 →