Job 21:10

Job 21:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf.
• New International Version (NIV)Their bulls never fail to breed; their cows calve and do not miscarry.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Their bull breeds without fail; their cow calves and does not miscarry.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Their bull breeds without failure; Their cow calves without miscarriage.

Context of Job 21:10

8Their children and descendants are established with them in their sight, And their offspring before their eyes. 9Their houses are safe from fear; And the rod of God is not on them. His bull breeds and does not fail; His cow calves and does not miscarry. 11They send forth their little ones like a flock, And their children skip about. 12They lift up their voices and sing to the tambourine and the lyre And rejoice to the sound of the flute.

Job 21:10 word by word

שׁוֹר֣וֹ עִ֭בַּר וְלֹ֣א יַגְעִ֑ל תְּפַלֵּ֥ט פָּ֝רָת֗וֹ וְלֹ֣א תְשַׁכֵּֽל׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Their bullשׁוֹרshôr · cattleH7794
• genderethעָבַר‛âbar · to passH5674
• and failethגָּעַלgâ‛al · to abhorH1602
• not; their cowפָּרָהpârâh · heiferH6510
• calvethפָּלַטpâlaţ · to escapeH6403
• and casteth not her calfשָׁכֹלshâkôl · be bereavedH7921

Cross-references for Job 21:10

• Exodus 23:26No one shall suffer miscarriage or be barren in your land; I will fulfill the number of your days.
• Deuteronomy 7:13He will love you and bless you and multiply you; He will also bless the fruit of your womb and the fruit of your land, your grain and your new wine and your [olive] oil, the offspring of your cattle and the young of your flock, in the land which He swore to your fathers to give you.
• Deuteronomy 28:11The Lord will give you great prosperity, in the offspring of your body and in the offspring of your livestock and the produce of your ground, in the land which the Lord swore to your fathers to give you.
• Psalms 144:13Let our barns be full, supplying every kind of produce, And our flocks bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our fields;
• Ecclesiastes 9:1For I have taken all this to heart, exploring and examining it all, how the righteous (those in right standing with God) and the wise and their deeds are in the hands of God. No man knows whether it will be love or hatred; anything awaits him.
• Luke 12:16Then He told them a parable, saying, “There was a rich man whose land was very fertile and productive.
• Luke 16:19“Now there was a certain rich man who was habitually dressed in expensive purple and fine linen, and celebrated and lived joyously in splendor every day.

Commentaries on Job 21:10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10Their bull gendereth - עבר ibbar, passes over, i.e., on the cow, referring to the actions of the bull when coupling with the female. Their flocks multiply greatly, they bring forth in time, and none of them is barren.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10Their bull gendereth - See Rosenmuller and Lee on this verse; comp Bochart, Hieroz. P. 1, Lib. ii. c. xxx. The general idea is, that the wicked were prospered as well as the pious. God did not interpose by a miracle to cut off their cattle, and to prevent their becoming rich.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-16Verses 7-16 Job says, Remarkable judgments are sometimes brought upon notorious sinners, but not always. Wherefore is it so? This is the day of God's patience; and, in some way or other, he makes use of the prosperity of the wicked to serve his own counsels, while it ripens them for ruin; but the chief reason is, because he will make it appear there is another world. These prospering sinners make light of God and religion, as if because they have so much…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. Rather, "their cattle conceive." The first clause of the verse describes an easy conception, the second, a happy birth [Umbreit].Read the comment

Topics related to Job 21:10

• Rich, the
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• Heifer

Commentaries on Job 21

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings