Job 21:28
For ye say, 'Where [is] the house of the noble? And where the tent — The tabernacles of the wicked?'
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? and where are the dwelling places of the wicked?
In Context
27Lo, I have known your thoughts, And the devices against me ye do wrongfully.
29Have ye not asked those passing by the way? And their signs do ye not know?
Cross References
Numbers 16:26and he speaketh unto the company, saying, 'Turn aside, I pray you, from the tents of these wicked men, and come not against anything that they have, lest ye be consumed in all their sins.'
Job 8:22Those hating thee do put on shame, And the tent of the wicked is not!
Job 20:7As his own dung for ever he doth perish, His beholders say: 'Where [is] he?'
Job 31:37The number of my steps I tell Him, As a leader I approach Him.
Psalms 52:5Also — God doth break thee down for ever, Taketh thee, and pulleth thee out of the tent, And He hath uprooted thee Out of the land of the living. Selah.
Zechariah 5:4'I have brought it out — an affirmation of Jehovah of Hosts — and it hath come in unto the house of the thief, and unto the house of him who hath sworn in My name to a falsehood, and it hath remained in the midst of his house, and hath consumed it, both its wood and its stones.'
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 →