New American Standard Bible 2020
Job 21:7-15
7Why 1do the wicked still live, Grow old, and also become very 23powerful?8Their 45descendants endure with them in their sight, And their offspring before their eyes,9Their houses 6are safe from fear, And the 7rod of God is not on them.10His ox mates 8without fail; His cow calves and does not miscarry.11They send out their boys like the flock, And their children dance.12They 9sing with the tambourine and harp, And rejoice at the sound of the flute.13They 10spend their days in prosperity, And 11suddenly they go down to 12Sheol.14Yet they say to God, ‘13Go away from us! We do not even desire the knowledge of Your ways.1514Who is 15the Almighty, that we should serve Him, And 16what would we gain if we plead with Him?’
Notes
- 1. Job 21:7 Job 9:24; Ps 73:3; Jer 12:1; Hab 1:13 ↩
- 2. Job 21:7 Or superior ↩
- 3. Job 21:7 Job 12:19 ↩
- 4. Job 21:8 Lit seed ↩
- 5. Job 21:8 Ps 17:14 ↩
- 6. Job 21:9 Job 12:6 ↩
- 7. Job 21:9 I.e., punishment ↩
- 8. Job 21:10 Lit and does not fail ↩
- 9. Job 21:12 Lit lifted up the voice ↩
- 10. Job 21:13 Job 21:23; 36:11 ↩
- 11. Job 21:13 Or in peacefulness ↩
- 12. Job 21:13 I.e., the netherworld ↩
- 13. Job 21:14 Job 22:17 ↩
- 14. Job 21:15 Lit What ↩
- 15. Job 21:15 Heb Shaddai ↩
- 16. Job 21:15 Job 22:17; 34:9 ↩
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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