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 are firmly established in their presence, their offspring before their eyes. 9Their houses are safe and without fear; and no rod of punishment from God is upon them. Their bulls breed without fail; their cows calve and do not miscarry. 11They allow their children to run like a flock; their little ones dance about. 12They sing to the accompaniment of tambourine and harp, and make merry 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 woman will miscarry her young or be barren in your land. I will fulfill the number of your days.
• Deuteronomy 7:13He will love and bless you, and make you numerous. He will bless you with many children, with the produce of your soil, your grain, your new wine, your oil, the offspring of your oxen, and the young of your flocks in the land which he promised your ancestors to give you.
• Deuteronomy 28:11The Lord will greatly multiply your children, the offspring of your livestock, and the produce of your soil in the land which he promised your ancestors he would give you.
• Psalms 144:13Our storehouses will be full, providing all kinds of food. Our sheep will multiply by the thousands and fill our pastures.
• Ecclesiastes 9:1So I reflected on all this, attempting to clear it all up. I concluded that the righteous and the wise, as well as their works, are in the hand of God; whether a person will be loved or hated – no one knows what lies ahead.
• Luke 12:16He then told them a parable: “The land of a certain rich man produced an abundant crop,
• Luke 16:19“There was a rich man who dressed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously 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