Key Verse Spotlight
Job 21:7 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?”
Job 21:7
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
Mark me, and be astonished, and lay {your} hand upon {your} mouth. {Mark...: Heb. Look unto me}
Even when I remember I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on my flesh.
Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?
Their seed is established in their sight with them, and their offspring before their eyes.
Their houses {are} safe from fear, neither {is} the rod of God upon them. {safe...: Heb. peace from}
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