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

28For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? and where are the dwelling places of the wicked? 29Have ye not asked them that go by the way? and do ye not know their tokens, That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath. 31Who shall declare his way to his face? and who shall repay him what he hath done? 32Yet shall he be brought to the grave, and shall remain in the tomb.

Job 21:30 word by word

כִּ֤י לְי֣וֹם אֵ֭יד יֵחָ֣שֶׂךְ רָ֑ע לְי֖וֹם עֲבָר֣וֹת יוּבָֽלוּ׃Read the interlinear

• 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 16:4Yhwh hath made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.
• Nahum 1:2God is jealous, And Yhwh revengeth; Yhwh revengeth, and is furious; Yhwh will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth wrath for his enemies.
• 2 Peter 2:9The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:
• 2 Peter 3:7But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.
• Jude 1:13Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.
• Job 20:28The increase of his house shall depart, and his goods shall flow away in the day of his wrath.
• Psalms 110:5The Lord at thy right hand shall strike through kings in the day of his wrath.
• Proverbs 11:4Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.
• Zephaniah 1:15That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness,
• Romans 2:5But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;
• Revelation 6:17For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?

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