Job 21:8

Job 21:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Their seed is established in their sight with them, and their offspring before their eyes.
• New International Version (NIV)They see their children established around them, their offspring before their eyes.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Their offspring are established in their presence, and their descendants before their eyes.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Their descendants are established with them in their sight, And their offspring before their eyes.

Context of Job 21:8

6When I think about what I am saying, I shudder. My body trembles. 7“Why do the wicked prosper, growing old and powerful? They live to see their children grow up and settle down, and they enjoy their grandchildren. 9Their homes are safe from every fear, and God does not punish them. 10Their bulls never fail to breed. Their cows bear calves and never miscarry.

Job 21:8 word by word

זַרְעָ֤ם נָכ֣וֹן לִפְנֵיהֶ֣ם עִמָּ֑ם וְ֝צֶאֱצָאֵיהֶ֗ם לְעֵינֵיהֶֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Their seedזֶ֫רַעzera‛ · seed: childrenH2233
• is establishedכּוּןkûn · to establish: establishH3559
• in their sightפָּנֶהpânîym · faceH6440
• with them, and their offspringצֶאֱצָאtse'ĕtsâ' · offspringH6631
• before their eyesעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eyeH5869

Cross-references for Job 21:8

• Job 5:3I have seen that fools may be successful for the moment, but then comes sudden disaster.
• Job 18:19They will have neither children nor grandchildren, nor any survivor in the place where they lived.
• Job 20:10Their children will beg from the poor, for they must give back their stolen riches.
• Proverbs 17:6Grandchildren are the crowning glory of the aged; parents are the pride of their children.

Commentaries on Job 21:8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8Their seed is established - They see their own children grow up, and become settled in the land; and behold their children's children also; so that their generations are not cut off. Even the posterity of the wicked continue.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8Their seed - Their children - their posterity. Is established in their sight - Around them, where they may often see them - where they may enjoy their society. The friends of Job had maintained, with great positiveness and earnestness, that the children of wicked people would be cut off. See Job 18:19; Job 20:28. This position Job now directly controverts, and says that it is a fact, that so far from being cut off, they are often established in the very…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
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8Despite what Eliphaz, Bildad and Zophar claimed, Job observed that evil people have children and grandchildren (5:4); 18:19; 20:10). These should be rewards for righteous people (Proverbs 17:6). But Job felt they would not be his reward (Job 1:18–19; see also 42:13–16).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. In opposition to Job 18:19; 5:4.Read the comment

Topics related to Job 21:8

• Rich, the
• 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