New International Version
Job 21:10
10Their bulls never fail to breed; their cows calve and do not miscarry.
Job 21:10 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Their bulls never fail to breed. Their cows bear calves and never miscarry.
Context of Job 21:10
8They see their children established around them, their offspring before their eyes. 9Their homes are safe and free from fear; the rod of God is not on them. Their bulls never fail to breed; their cows calve and do not miscarry. 11They send forth their children as a flock; their little ones dance about. 12They sing to the music of timbrel and lyre; they make merry to the sound of the pipe.
Read all of Job 21Job 21:10 word by word
שׁוֹר֣וֹ עִ֭בַּר וְלֹ֣א יַגְעִ֑ל תְּפַלֵּ֥ט פָּ֝רָת֗וֹ וְלֹ֣א תְשַׁכֵּֽל׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 21:10
- Exodus 23:26and none will miscarry or be barren in your land. I will give you a full life span.
- Deuteronomy 7:13He will love you and bless you and increase your numbers. He will bless the fruit of your womb, the crops of your land—your grain, new wine and olive oil—the calves of your herds and the lambs of your flocks in the land he swore to your ancestors to give you.
- Deuteronomy 28:11The Lord will grant you abundant prosperity—in the fruit of your womb, the young of your livestock and the crops of your ground—in the land he swore to your ancestors to give you.
- Psalms 144:13Our barns will be filled with every kind of provision. Our sheep will increase by thousands, by tens of thousands in our fields;
- Ecclesiastes 9:1So I reflected on all this and concluded that the righteous and the wise and what they do are in God’s hands, but no one knows whether love or hate awaits them.
- Luke 12:16And he told them this parable: “The ground of a certain rich man yielded an abundant harvest.
- Luke 16:19“There was a rich man who was dressed in purple and fine linen and lived in luxury 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
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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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