Job 21:10

The cow of them conceived, and calved not a dead calf; (yea), the cow calved, and is not deprived of her calf.

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

In The King James Version

Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf.

In Context

9Their houses be secure, and peaceable; and the rod, or scourge, of God is not upon them. (Their houses be secure, and at peace; and the scourge of God is not upon them.)

11Their little children go out as flocks; and their young children full out joy with playings. (Their little children go out to play like lambs; and their young children dance with joy.)

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Cross References

Exodus 23:26neither a woman unfruitful, neither barren, shall be in thy land, (or no unfruitful, or barren, woman shall be in thy land); (and) I shall fulfill the number of thy days.

Deuteronomy 28:11The Lord shall make thee to be plenteous in all goods (or The Lord shall make thee to be plenteous in all good things), (yea), in the fruit of thy womb, and in the fruit of thy beasts, (and) in the fruit of thy land, which the Lord swore to thy fathers, that he would give to thee.

Ecclesiastes 9:1I treated all these things in mine heart, to understand diligently. Just men, and wise men there be, and their works be in the hand of God; and nevertheless a man knoweth not, whether he is worthy of love or of hate. (I treated, or considered, all these things in my mind, to diligently understand them. There be the righteous, and the wise, and all their works be in God’s hands; yet nevertheless a person knoweth not whether he is worthy of love, or of hate.)

Luke 16:19There was a rich man, and (he) was clothed in purple, and white silk, and ate every day shiningly.

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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