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;

Topical Studies for Job 21:17:

God {Forerunner Commentary}
God {Nave's Topical Bible}
God {Torrey's Topical Textbook}

Lamp {Forerunner Commentary}
Lamp {Nave's Topical Bible}

Put {Forerunner Commentary}
Put {Nave's Topical Bible}

Destruction {Forerunner Commentary}