Job 21:9

Job 21:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Their houses are safe from fear, and no rod of God is upon them.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Their houses are safe from fear, Neither is the rod of God upon them.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Their homes are safe from every fear, and God does not punish them.

Context of Job 21:9

7Why do the wicked live on, growing old and increasing in power? 8They see their children established around them, their offspring before their eyes. Their 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. 11They send forth their children as a flock; their little ones dance about.

Job 21:9 word by word

בָּתֵּיהֶ֣ם שָׁל֣וֹם מִפָּ֑חַד וְלֹ֤א שֵׁ֖בֶט אֱל֣וֹהַּ עֲלֵיהֶֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Their housesבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: householdH1004
• safeשָׁלוֹםshâlôm shâlôm · peace: well-beingH7965
• from fearפַּ֫חַדpachad · dreadH6343
• the rodשֵׁ֫בֶטshêbeţ · tribe: staffH7626
• of Godאֱלֹהַּ'ĕlôahh 'ĕlôahh · godH433

Cross-references for Job 21:9

• Job 15:21Terrifying sounds fill his ears; when all seems well, marauders attack him.
• Job 18:11Terrors startle him on every side and dog his every step.
• Psalms 73:19How suddenly are they destroyed, completely swept away by terrors!
• Isaiah 57:19creating praise on their lips. Peace, peace, to those far and near,” says the Lord. “And I will heal them.”
• Job 9:34someone to remove God’s rod from me, so that his terror would frighten me no more.
• Psalms 73:5They are free from common human burdens; they are not plagued by human ills.

Commentaries on Job 21:9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9Neither is the rod of God upon them - They are not afflicted as other men.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9Their houses are safe from fear - Margin, “peace from.” The friends of Job had maintained just the contrary; see Job 20:27-28; Job 15:21-24. Their idea was, that the wicked man would never be free from alarms. Job says, that they lived in security and peace, and that their houses are preserved from the intrusions of evil-minded people. Neither is the rod of God upon them - The “rod” is an emblem of punishment. The idea is, that they were free from 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. 99. Literally, "peace from fear"; with poetic force. Their house is peace itself, far removed from fear. Opposed to the friends' assertion, as to the bad (Job 15:21-24; 20:26-28), and conversely, the good (Job 5:23, 24).Read the comment

Topics related to Job 21:9

• Rich, the
• Wicked (People)

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• God
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Correction

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