Job 21:17
How oft is the lamp of the wicked extinguished, And come on them doth their calamity? Pangs He apportioneth in His anger.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
16Lo, not in their hand [is] their good, (The counsel of the wicked Hath been far from me.)
18They are as straw before wind, And as chaff a hurricane hath stolen away,
Cross References
Job 18:5Also, the light of the wicked is extinguished. And there doth not shine a spark of his fire.
Psalms 32:10Many [are] the pains of the wicked; As to him who is trusting in Jehovah, Kindness doth compass him.
Proverbs 13:9The light of the righteous rejoiceth, And the lamp of the wicked is extinguished.
Proverbs 24:20For there is not a posterity to the evil, The lamp of the wicked is extinguished.
Luke 12:46the lord of that servant will come in a day in which he doth not look for [him], and in an hour that he doth not know, and will cut him off, and his portion with the unfaithful he will appoint.
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 →