Job 21:30 “Indeed, the evil man is spared from the day of calamity, delivered fro…”

Job 21:30

Indeed, the evil man is spared from the day of calamity, delivered from the day of wrath.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath.

World English Bible

that the evil man is reserved to the day of calamity, that they are led out to the day of wrath?

American Standard Version

That the evil man is reserved to the day of calamity? That they are led forth to the day of wrath?

Geneva Bible 1599

But the wicked is kept vnto the day of destruction, and they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath.

Darby Translation

That the wicked is reserved for the day of calamity? They are led forth to the day of wrath.

Young's Literal Translation

That to a day of calamity is the wicked spared. To a day of wrath they are brought.

Bible in Basic English

How the evil man goes free in the day of trouble, and has salvation in the day of wrath?

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Cross references

“the wicked”

Proverbs 16:4 2 Peter 2:9–17 2 Peter 3:7 Nahum 1:2 Jude 1:13

Proverbs 16:4 · BSB

The LORD has made everything for His purpose— even the wicked for the day of disaster.

2 Peter 2:9–17 · BSB

if all this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and to hold the unrighteous for punishment on the day of judgment.

2 Peter 3:7 · BSB

And by that same word, the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.

Nahum 1:2 · BSB

The LORD is a jealous and avenging God; the LORD is avenging and full of wrath. The LORD takes vengeance on His foes and reserves wrath for His enemies.

Jude 1:13 · BSB

They are wild waves of the sea, foaming up their own shame; wandering stars, for whom blackest darkness has been reserved forever.

“day”

Job 20:28 Romans 2:5 Psalm 110:5 Proverbs 11:4 Zephaniah 1:15 Revelation 6:17

Job 20:28 · BSB

The possessions of his house will be removed, flowing away on the day of God’s wrath.

Romans 2:5 · BSB

But because of your hard and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed.

Psalm 110:5 · BSB

The Lord is at Your right hand; He will crush kings in the day of His wrath.

Proverbs 11:4 · BSB

Riches are worthless in the day of wrath, but righteousness brings deliverance from death.

Zephaniah 1:15 · BSB

That day will be a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of destruction and desolation, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness,

Revelation 6:17 · BSB

For the great day of Their wrath has come, and who is able to withstand it?”

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

In context

29Have you never asked those who travel the roads? Do you not accept their reports?

31Who denounces his behavior to his face? Who repays him for what he has done?

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