God’s Word Translation
Job 21:9
9Their homes are free from fear, and God doesn’t use his rod on them.
Job 21:9 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them.
- New International Version (NIV)Their homes are safe and free from fear; the rod of God is not on them.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Their houses are safe from fear, and no rod of God is upon them.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Their houses are safe from fear, Neither is the rod of God upon them.
Context of Job 21:9
7“Why do the wicked go on living, grow old, and even become more powerful? 8They see their children firmly established with them, and they get to see their descendants. Their homes are free from fear, and God doesn’t use his rod on them. 10Their bulls are fertile when they breed. Their cows give birth to calves and never miscarry. 11They send their little children out ⌞to play⌟ like a flock of lambs, and their children dance around.
Read all of Job 21Job 21:9 word by word
בָּתֵּיהֶ֣ם שָׁל֣וֹם מִפָּ֑חַד וְלֹ֤א שֵׁ֖בֶט אֱל֣וֹהַּ עֲלֵיהֶֽם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 21:9
- Job 15:21Terrifying sounds are in his ears. While he enjoys peace, the destroyer comes to him.
- Job 18:11“Terrors suddenly pounce on him from every side and chase him every step he takes.
- Psalms 73:19They are suddenly destroyed. They are completely swept away by terror!
- Isaiah 57:19I’ll create praise on their lips: “Perfect peace to those both far and near.” “I’ll heal them,” says the Lord.
- Job 9:34God should take his rod away from me, and he should not terrify me.
- Psalms 73:5They have no drudgery in their lives like ordinary people. They are not plagued ⌞with problems⌟ like others.
Commentaries on Job 21:9
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9Neither is the rod of God upon them - They are not afflicted as other men.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9Their houses are safe from fear - Margin, “peace from.” The friends of Job had maintained just the contrary; see Job 20:27-28; Job 15:21-24. Their idea was, that the wicked man would never be free from alarms. Job says, that they lived in security and peace, and that their houses are preserved from the intrusions of evil-minded people. Neither is the rod of God upon them - The “rod” is an emblem of punishment. The idea is, that they were free from the…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. 99. Literally, "peace from fear"; with poetic force. Their house is peace itself, far removed from fear. Opposed to the friends' assertion, as to the bad (Job 15:21-24; 20:26-28), and conversely, the good (Job 5:23, 24).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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