Job 21:9
Their houses [are] peace without fear, Nor [is] a rod of God upon them.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them.
In Context
8Their seed is established, Before their face with them, And their offspring before their eyes.
Cross References
Job 9:34He doth turn aside from off me his rod, And His terror doth not make me afraid,
Job 18:11Round about terrified him have terrors, And they have scattered him — at his feet.
Psalms 73:19How have they become a desolation as in a moment, They have been ended — consumed from terrors.
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 →