English Standard Version
Job 21:30
30that the evil man is spared in the day of calamity, that he is rescued in the day of wrath?
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?
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Evil people are spared in times of calamity and are allowed to escape disaster.
Context of Job 21:30
28For you say, 'Where is the house of the prince? Where is the tent in which the wicked lived?' 29Have you not asked those who travel the roads, and do you not accept their testimony that the evil man is spared in the day of calamity, that he is rescued in the day of wrath? 31Who declares his way to his face, and who repays him for what he has done? 32When he is carried to the grave, watch is kept over his tomb.
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כִּ֤י לְי֣וֹם אֵ֭יד יֵחָ֣שֶׂךְ רָ֑ע לְי֖וֹם עֲבָר֣וֹת יוּבָֽלוּ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 21:30
- Proverbs 16:4The Lord has made everything for its purpose, even the wicked for the day of trouble.
- Nahum 1:2The Lord is a jealous and avenging God; the Lord is avenging and wrathful; the Lord takes vengeance on his adversaries and keeps wrath for his enemies.
- 2 Peter 2:9then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials, and to keep the unrighteous under punishment until the day of judgment,
- 2 Peter 3:7But by the same word the heavens and earth that now exist are stored up for fire, being kept until the day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly.
- Jude 1:13wild waves of the sea, casting up the foam of their own shame; wandering stars, for whom the gloom of utter darkness has been reserved forever.
- Job 20:28The possessions of his house will be carried away, dragged off in the day of God's wrath.
- Psalms 110:5The Lord is at your right hand; he will shatter kings on the day of his wrath.
- Proverbs 11:4Riches do not profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.
- Zephaniah 1:15A day of wrath is that day, a day of distress and anguish, a day of ruin and devastation, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and thick darkness,
- Romans 2:5But because of your hard and impenitent heart you are 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 has come, and who can stand?"
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
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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
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