Job 21:30

Job 21:30 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath.
• New International Version (NIV)that the wicked are spared from the day of calamity, that they are delivered from the day of wrath?
• English Standard Version (ESV)that the evil man is spared in the day of calamity, that he is rescued in the day of wrath?
• New King James Version (NKJV)For the wicked are reserved for the day of doom; They shall be brought out on the day of wrath.

Context of Job 21:30

28For you say, ‘Where is the house of the noble man? And where is the tent, the dwelling place of the wicked?’ 29Have you not asked those who travel this way, And do you not recognize their witness? That evil men are [now] reserved for the day of disaster and destruction, They will be led away on the day of [God’s] wrath? 31But who will confront him with his actions and rebuke him face to face, And who will repay him for what he has done? 32When he is carried to his grave, A guard will keep watch over his tomb.

Job 21:30 word by word

כִּ֤י לְי֣וֹם אֵ֭יד יֵחָ֣שֶׂךְ רָ֑ע לְי֖וֹם עֲבָר֣וֹת יוּבָֽלוּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• That the wickedרַעra‛ râ‛âh · bad: evilH7451
• is reservedחָשַׂךְchâώak · to withholdH2820
• to the dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• of destructionאֵיד'êyd · calamityH343
• they shall be brought forthיָבַלyâbal · to conductH2986
• of wrathעֶבְרָה‛ebrâh · furyH5678

Cross-references for Job 21:30

• Proverbs 16:4The Lord has made everything for its own purpose, Even the wicked [according to their role] for the day of evil.
• Nahum 1:2The Lord is a jealous and avenging God [protecting and demanding what is rightfully and uniquely His]; The Lord avenges and He is full of wrath. The Lord takes vengeance on His adversaries, And He reserves wrath for His enemies.
• 2 Peter 2:9then [in light of the fact that all this is true, be sure that] the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trial, and how to keep the unrighteous under punishment until the day of judgment,
• 2 Peter 3:7But by His word the present heavens and earth are being reserved for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly people.
• Jude 1:13wild waves of the sea, flinging up their own shame like foam; wandering stars, for whom the gloom of deep darkness has been reserved forever.
• Job 20:28The produce and increase of his house will depart [with the victors]; His possessions will be dragged away in the day of God’s wrath.
• Psalms 110:5The Lord is at Your right hand, He will crush kings in the day of His wrath.
• Proverbs 11:4Riches will not provide security in the day of wrath and judgment, But righteousness rescues from death.
• Zephaniah 1:15That day is a day of [the outpouring of the] wrath [of God], A day of trouble and distress, A day of destruction and devastation, A day of darkness and gloom, A day of clouds and thick darkness,
• Romans 2:5But because of your callous stubbornness and unrepentant heart you are [deliberately] storing up wrath for yourself on the day of wrath when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed.
• Revelation 6:17for the great day of their wrath and vengeance and retribution has come, and who is able to [face God and] stand [before the wrath of the Lamb]?”

Commentaries on Job 21:30

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 30That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? - Though every one can tell that he has seen the wicked in prosperity, and even spend a long life in it; yet this is no proof that God loves him, or that he shall enjoy a prosperous lot in the next world. There, he shall meet with the day of wrath. There, the wicked shall be punished, and the just rewarded.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 30That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? - He is not punished, as you maintain, at once. He is “kept” with a view to future punishment; and though calamity will certainly overtake him at some time, yet it is not immediate. This was Job‘s doctrine in opposition to theirs, and in this he was undoubtedly correct. The only wonder is, that they had not at all seen it sooner, and that it should have been necessary to make this appeal to the…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 27-34Verses 27-34 Job opposes the opinion of his friends, That the wicked are sure to fall into visible and remarkable ruin, and none but the wicked; upon which principle they condemned Job as wicked. Turn to whom you will, you will find that the punishment of sinners is designed more for the other world than for this, Jude 1:14, 15. The sinner is here supposed to live in a great deal of power. The sinner shall have a splendid funeral: a poor thing for any man…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3030. Their testimony (referring perhaps to those who had visited the region where Abraham who enjoyed a revelation then lived) is that "the wicked is (now) spared (reserved) against the day of destruction (hereafter)." The Hebrew does not so well agree with [Umbreit] "in the day of destruction." Job does not deny sinners' future punishment, but their punishment in this life. They have their "good things" now. Hereafter, their lot, and that of the godly…Read the comment

Topics related to Job 21:30

• Judgment
• Wicked (People)

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