Job 21:9 — Meaning and Application

King James Version

“Their houses {are} safe from fear, neither {is} the rod of God upon them. {safe...: Heb. peace from}”

Job 21:9

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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}

Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf.

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

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Job 21:1

"But Job answered and said,"

Job 21:2

"Hear diligently my speech, and let this be your consolations."

Job 21:3

"Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on."

Job 21:4

"As for me, {is} my complaint to man? and if {it were so}, why should not my spirit be troubled? {troubled: Heb. shortened?}"

Job 21:5

"Mark me, and be astonished, and lay {your} hand upon {your} mouth. {Mark...: Heb. Look unto me}"

Job 21:6

"Even when I remember I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on my flesh."

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