Job 21:17
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“How often is the lamp of the wicked put out? Does disaster come upon them? Does God, in His anger, apportion destruction?”
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“How often is the lamp of the wicked put out? Does disaster come upon them? Does God, in His anger, apportion destruction?”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and how oft cometh their destruction upon them! God distributeth sorrows in his anger.”
King James Version · Public Domain“How oft is it that the lamp of the wicked is put out? That their calamity cometh upon them? ThatGod distributeth sorrows in his anger?”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“How oft is the lamp of the wicked extinguished, And come on them doth their calamity? Pangs He apportioneth in His anger.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Job 21:17 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 18:5Indeed, the lamp of the wicked is extinguished; the flame of his fire does not glow.
- Job 18:18He is driven from light into darkness and is chased from the inhabited world.
- Psalms 32:10Many are the sorrows of the wicked, but loving devotion surrounds him who trusts in the LORD.
- Psalms 90:7For we are consumed by Your anger and terrified by Your wrath.
- Proverbs 13:9The light of the righteous shines brightly, but the lamp of the wicked is extinguished.
- Proverbs 20:20Whoever curses his father or mother, his lamp will be extinguished in deepest darkness.
- Proverbs 24:20For the evil man has no future; the lamp of the wicked will be extinguished.
- Matthew 25:8The foolish ones said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil; our lamps are going out.’
- Luke 12:46The master of that servant will come on a day he does not expect and at an hour he does not anticipate. Then he will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the unbelievers.
- Romans 2:8But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow wickedness, there will be wrath and anger.
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