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

28You will tell me of rich and wicked people whose houses have vanished because of their sins. 29But ask those who have been around, and they will tell you the truth. Evil people are spared in times of calamity and are allowed to escape disaster. 31No one criticizes them openly or pays them back for what they have done. 32When they are carried to the grave, an honor guard keeps watch at their tomb.

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 has made everything for his own purposes, even the wicked for a day of disaster.
• Nahum 1:2The Lord is a jealous God, filled with vengeance and rage. He takes revenge on all who oppose him and continues to rage against his enemies!
• 2 Peter 2:9So you see, the Lord knows how to rescue godly people from their trials, even while keeping the wicked under punishment until the day of final judgment.
• 2 Peter 3:7And by the same word, the present heavens and earth have been stored up for fire. They are being kept for the day of judgment, when ungodly people will be destroyed.
• Jude 1:13They are like wild waves of the sea, churning up the foam of their shameful deeds. They are like wandering stars, doomed forever to blackest darkness.
• Job 20:28A flood will sweep away their house. God’s anger will descend on them in torrents.
• Psalms 110:5The Lord stands at your right hand to protect you. He will strike down many kings when his anger erupts.
• Proverbs 11:4Riches won’t help on the day of judgment, but right living can save you from death.
• Zephaniah 1:15It will be a day when the Lord’s anger is poured out— a day of terrible distress and anguish, a day of ruin and desolation, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness,
• Romans 2:5But because you are stubborn and refuse to turn from your sin, you are storing up terrible punishment for yourself. For a day of anger is coming, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed.
• Revelation 6:17For the great day of their wrath has come, and who is able to survive?”

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