Job 21:17 “How often is the lamp of the wicked put out? Does disaster come upon t…”

Job 21:17

How often is the lamp of the wicked put out? Does disaster come upon them? Does God, in His anger, apportion destruction?

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and how oft cometh their destruction upon them! God distributeth sorrows in his anger.

World English Bible

“How often is it that the lamp of the wicked is put out, that their calamity comes on them, that God distributes sorrows in his anger?

American Standard Version

How oft is it that the lamp of the wicked is put out? That their calamity cometh upon them? That God distributeth sorrows in his anger?

Geneva Bible 1599

How oft shall the candle of the wicked be put out? and their destruction come vpon them? he wil deuide their liues in his wrath.

Darby Translation

How often is the lamp of the wicked put out, and cometh their calamity upon them? Doth he distribute sorrows [to them] in his anger?

Young's Literal Translation

How oft is the lamp of the wicked extinguished, And come on them doth their calamity? Pangs He apportioneth in His anger.

Bible in Basic English

How frequently is the light of the evil-doers put out, or does trouble come on them? how frequently does his wrath take them with cords?

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Cross references

“oft”

Proverbs 13:9 Proverbs 20:20 Job 18:18 Proverbs 24:20 Matthew 25:8 Job 18:5

Proverbs 13:9 · BSB

The light of the righteous shines brightly, but the lamp of the wicked is extinguished.

Proverbs 20:20 · BSB

Whoever curses his father or mother, his lamp will be extinguished in deepest darkness.

Job 18:18 · BSB

He is driven from light into darkness and is chased from the inhabited world.

Proverbs 24:20 · BSB

For the evil man has no future; the lamp of the wicked will be extinguished.

Matthew 25:8 · BSB

The foolish ones said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil; our lamps are going out.’

Job 18:5 · BSB

Indeed, the lamp of the wicked is extinguished; the flame of his fire does not glow.

“distributeth”

Psalm 32:10 Psalm 90:7–9 Luke 12:46 Romans 2:8 Romans 2:9

Psalm 32:10 · BSB

Many are the sorrows of the wicked, but loving devotion surrounds him who trusts in the LORD.

Psalm 90:7–9 · BSB

For we are consumed by Your anger and terrified by Your wrath.

Luke 12:46 · BSB

The master of that servant will come on a day he does not expect and at an hour he does not anticipate. Then he will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the unbelievers.

Romans 2:8 · BSB

But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow wickedness, there will be wrath and anger.

Romans 2:9 · BSB

There will be trouble and distress for every human being who does evil, first for the Jew, then for the Greek;

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

16Still, their prosperity is not in their own hands, so I stay far from the counsel of the wicked.

18Are they like straw before the wind, like chaff swept away by a storm?

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