Job 21:30

that is, that an evil man shall be kept (safe) into the day of perdition, and he shall be led (forth unscathed un)to the day of strong vengeance.

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

In The King James Version

That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath.

In Context

29Ask ye this of each way-goer; and ye shall know, that he knoweth these same things,

31Who shall reprove his ways before him? (or Who shall rebuke him for his ways?) and who shall yield to him (for) those things, which he hath done?

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Cross References

Joshua 10:18And Joshua commanded to fellows, and said, Wallow ye great stones to the mouth of the den, and put ye witting men, that shall keep the (en)closed kings; (And Joshua commanded to his men, and said, Roll ye some great stones to the mouth of the cave, and put ye some able men there who shall keep the kings enclosed;)

Psalms 73:5They be not in travail of (other) men; and they shall not be beaten with men. (They do not have trouble, or tribulation, like other people do; and they be not beaten down like others be.)

Proverbs 11:4Riches shall not profit in the day of vengeance; but rightfulness shall deliver from death. (Riches shall not profit anyone on the day of vengeance; but uprightness shall deliver one from death.)

Nahum 1:2The Lord is a punisher, and the Lord is venging; the Lord is venging, and having strong vengeance; the Lord is venging against his adversaries, and he is wrathing to his enemies (or and he is raging at his enemies).

Romans 2:5But after thine hardness and unrepentant heart, thou treasurest to thee wrath in [to] the day of wrath, and of (the) showing of the rightful doom of God (or and of the showing of God’s righteous judgement),

2 Peter 3:7But the heavens that now be, and the earth, be kept by the same word, and be reserved to fire into the day of doom (or and be reserved for the fire unto the Day of Judgement), and (the) perdition of wicked men.

Matthew Henry on Job 21:28-34

Punishment of the Wicked. ( b. c. 1520.) 27 Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which ye wrongfully imagine against me. 28 For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? and where are the dwelling places of the wicked? 29 Have ye not asked them that go by the way? and do ye not know their tokens, 30 That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath. 31 Who shall declare his way to his face? and who shall repay him what he hath done? 32 Yet shall he be… Read the whole commentary →

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