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 now is the nobleman’s house, and where are the tents in which the wicked lived?’ 29Have you never questioned those who travel the roads? Do you not recognize their accounts – that the evil man is spared from the day of his misfortune, that he is delivered from the day of God’s wrath? 31No one denounces his conduct to his face; no one repays him for what he has done. 32And when he is carried to the tombs, and watch is kept over the funeral mound,

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 works everything for its own ends – even the wicked for the day of disaster.
• Nahum 1:2The Lord is a zealous and avenging God; the Lord is avenging and very angry. The Lord takes vengeance against his foes; he sustains his rage against his enemies.
• 2 Peter 2:9– if so, then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from their trials, and to reserve the unrighteous for punishment at the day of judgment,
• 2 Peter 3:7But by the same word the present heavens and earth have been reserved for fire, by being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly.
• Jude 1:13wild sea waves, spewing out the foam of their shame; wayward stars for whom the utter depths of eternal darkness have been reserved.
• Job 20:28A flood will carry off his house, rushing waters on the day of God’s wrath.
• Psalms 110:5O sovereign Lord, at your right hand he strikes down kings in the day he unleashes his anger.
• Proverbs 11:4Wealth does not profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from mortal danger.
• Zephaniah 1:15That day will be a day of God’s anger, a day of distress and hardship, a day of devastation and ruin, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and dark skies,
• Romans 2:5But because of your stubbornness and your unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath for yourselves in the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment is revealed!
• Revelation 6:17because the great day of their wrath has come, and who is able to withstand it?”

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