Job 21:17 - Forerunner Commentary

Job 21:17

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 21:17

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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.

New English Translation
“How often¹ is the lamp of the wicked extinguished? How often does their² misfortune come upon them? How often does God apportion pain³ to them⁴ in his anger?

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