Job 21:11

Job 21:11 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance.
• English Standard Version (ESV)They send out their little boys like a flock, and their children dance.
• New King James Version (NKJV)They send forth their little ones like a flock, And their children dance.
• New Living Translation (NLT)They let their children frisk about like lambs. Their little ones skip and dance.

Context of Job 21:11

9Their homes are safe and free from fear; the rod of God is not on them. 10Their bulls never fail to breed; their cows calve and do not miscarry. They 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. 13They spend their years in prosperity and go down to the grave in peace.

Job 21:11 word by word

יְשַׁלְּח֣וּ כַ֭צֹּאן עֲוִילֵיהֶ֑ם וְ֝יַלְדֵיהֶ֗ם יְרַקֵּדֽוּן׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• They send forthשָׁלַחshâlach · to send: departH7971
• their little onesעֲוִיל‛ăvîyl · boyH5759
• like a flockצֹאןtsô'n tse'ôn · flockH6629
• and their childrenיֶ֫לֶדyeled · youthH3206
• danceרָקַדrâqad · to skip aboutH7540

Cross-references for Job 21:11

• Psalms 107:41But he lifted the needy out of their affliction and increased their families like flocks.
• Psalms 127:3Children are a heritage from the Lord, offspring a reward from him.

Commentaries on Job 21:11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11They send forth their little ones - It is not very clear whether this refers to the young of the flocks or to their children. The first clause may mean the former, the next clause the latter; while the young of their cattle are in flocks, their numerous children are healthy and vigorous, and dance for joy.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11They send forth their little ones - Their numerous and happy children they send forth to plays and pastimes. Like a flock - In great numbers. This is an exquisitely beautiful image of prosperity. What can be more so than a group of happy children around a man‘s dwelling? And their children dance - Dance for joy. They are playful and sportive, like the lambs of the flock. It is the skip of playfulness and exultation that is referred to here, and not 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. 1111. send forth--namely, out of doors, to their happy sports under the skies, like a joyful flock sent to the pastures. little ones--like lambkins. children--somewhat older than the former. dance--not formal dances; but skip, like lambs, in joyous and healthful play.Read the comment

Topics related to Job 21:11

• Children
• Dancing
• Harp
• Rich, the
• Wicked (People)
• Worldliness

In the dictionaries

• Dance
• Games

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