Verse Comparison: Job 21:17
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?
Amplified® Bible
How often [then] is it that the lamp of the wicked is put out? That their calamity comes upon them? That God distributes pains {and} sorrows to them in His anger?
Contemporary English Version
How often does God become angry and send disaster and darkness to punish sinners?
Darby English Version
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?
Good News Bible
Was a wicked person's light ever put out? Did one of them ever meet with disaster? Did God ever punish the wicked in anger
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.
New American Standard Bible
"How often is the lamp of the wicked put out, Or does their calamity fall on them? Does God apportion destruction in His anger?
New International Version
"Yet how often is the lamp of the wicked snuffed out?
How often does calamity come upon them,
the fate God allots in his anger?
New King James Version
“How often is the lamp of the wicked put out?
How often does their destruction come upon them,
The sorrows God distributes in His anger?
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"How often has the lamp of the wicked put out, Or does their calamity fall on them? Does God apportion destruction in His anger?
Revised Standard Version
"How often is it that the lamp of the wicked is put out? That their calamity comes upon them? That God distributes pains 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.
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