Job 21:7 - Forerunner Commentary

Job 21:7

5 Look at me and be astonished;
^aPut your hand over your mouth.

6 Even when I remember I am terrified,
And trembling takes hold of my flesh.

7 ^aWhy do the wicked live and become old,
Yes, become mighty in power?

8 Their descendants are established with them in their sight,
And their offspring before their eyes.

9 Their houses are safe from fear,
^aNeither is¹ the rod of God upon them.

10 Their bull breeds without failure;
Their cow calves ^awithout miscarriage.

11 They send forth their little ones like a flock,
And their children dance.

12 They sing to the tambourine and harp,
And rejoice to the sound of the flute.

13 They ^aspend their days in wealth,
And¹ in a moment go down to the grave.

14 ^aYet they say to God, ‘Depart from us,
For we do not desire the knowledge of Your ways.

15 ^aWho is the Almighty, that we should serve Him?
And ^bwhat profit do we have if we pray to Him?’

16 Indeed¹ their prosperity is not in their hand;
^aThe counsel of the wicked is far from me.

17 “How often is the lamp of the wicked put out?
How often does their destruction come upon them,
The sorrows God ^adistributes in His anger?

18 ^aThey are like straw before the wind,
And like chaff that a storm¹ carries away.

19 They say, ‘God¹ lays up one’s iniquity ^afor his children’;
Let Him recompense him, that he may know it.

20 Let his eyes see his destruction,
And ^alet him drink of the wrath of the Almighty.

21 For what does he care about his household after him,
When the number of his months is cut in half?

22 “Can^a anyone teach God knowledge,
Since He judges those on high?

23 One dies in his full strength,
Being wholly at ease and secure;

Verse Comparison: Job 21:7

American Standard Version
Wherefore do the wicked live, Become old, yea, wax mighty in power?

Amplified® Bible
Why do the wicked live, become old, and become mighty in power?

Contemporary English Version
Why do evil people live so long and gain such power?

Darby English Version
Wherefore do the wicked live, grow old, yea, become mighty in power?

Good News Bible
Why does God let evil people live, let them grow old and prosper?

King James Version
Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?

New American Standard Bible
"Why do the wicked {still} live, Continue on, also become very powerful?

New International Version
Why do the wicked live on,
growing old and increasing in power?

New King James Version
Why do the wicked live and become old,
Yes, become mighty in power?

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"Why do the wicked still live, Continue on, also become very powerful?

Revised Standard Version
Why do the wicked live, reach old age, and grow mighty in power?

Young's Literal Translation
Wherefore do the wicked live? They have become old, Yea, they have been mighty in wealth.

New English Translation
“Why do the wicked go on living,¹ grow old,² even increase in power?