Job 21:7
Why therefore live wicked men? They be enhanced, and strengthened with riches. (And so why do the wicked live so long? Indeed they be exalted, and can enjoy their riches.)
Wycliffe Modern Spelling
In The King James Version
Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?
In Context
Cross References
Job 12:6The tabernacles of robbers be plenteous, either full of goods; and boldly they stir God to wrath, when he hath given all things into their hands.
Psalms 37:35I saw the wicked man enhanced above; and raised up as the cedars of Lebanon. ( Once I saw a wicked man exalted; yea, raised up as high as the cedars in Lebanon.)
Ecclesiastes 7:15Also I saw these things in the days of my nativity + 7:15 That is, (the days) of (this) present life, that passeth soon away, so it is not no but vanity (or so that they be but empty and futile).; a just man perisheth in his rightfulness, and a wicked man liveth much time in his malice. (And I have seen these things since the day of my birth or in all my empty and futile days; a righteous person perisheth in his righteousness, and a wicked person liveth a great deal of time in his malice.)
Daniel 4:17In the sentence of wakers it is deemed, and it is the word and asking of saints, till living men know, that [the] high God is Lord in the realm of men; and he shall give it to whomever he will, and he shall ordain on it the meekest man. (In the decision of the watchers so it is determined, and it is the word and the asking of the saints, until all those living know, that the Most High God is Lord over the kingdom of people; and he shall give it to whomever he will, and he may ordain upon it even the most humble person.)
Habakkuk 1:15He shall lift up all in the hook; he drew it in his great net, and gathered into his net; on this thing he shall be glad, and make joy withoutforth. (For they lift up all the people by their hooks; they gather them into their great nets, and draw them along in their nets; and then they be happy, and rejoice, over this.)
Revelation 17:2with which kings of the earth did fornication; and they that dwell in the earth be made drunk of the wine of her lechery. (with whom the kings of the earth did fornication or idolatry; and they who live on the earth be made drunk from the wine of her lechery.)
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 →