Job 21:30

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“Indeed, the evil man is spared from the day of calamity, delivered from the day of wrath.”

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BSBPD

“Indeed, the evil man is spared from the day of calamity, delivered from the day of wrath.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“That the evil man is reserved to the day of calamity? That they are led forth to the day of wrath?”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“That to a day of calamity is the wicked spared. To a day of wrath they are brought.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Job 21:30 — 13 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Joshua 10:18So Joshua said, “Roll large stones against the mouth of the cave, and post men there to guard them.
  2. Job 20:28The possessions of his house will be removed, flowing away on the day of God’s wrath.
  3. Psalms 73:5They are free of the burdens others carry; they are not afflicted like other men.
  4. Psalms 110:5The Lord is at Your right hand; He will crush kings in the day of His wrath.
  5. Proverbs 11:4Riches are worthless in the day of wrath, but righteousness brings deliverance from death.
  6. Proverbs 16:4The LORD has made everything for His purpose— even the wicked for the day of disaster.
  7. Nahum 1:2The LORD is a jealous and avenging God; the LORD is avenging and full of wrath. The LORD takes vengeance on His foes and reserves wrath for His enemies.
  8. Zephaniah 1:15That day will be a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of destruction and desolation, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness,
  9. Romans 2:5But because of your hard and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed.
  10. 2 Peter 2:9if all this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and to hold the unrighteous for punishment on the day of judgment.
  11. 2 Peter 3:7And by that same word, the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.
  12. Jude 1:13They are wild waves of the sea, foaming up their own shame; wandering stars, for whom blackest darkness has been reserved forever.
  13. Revelation 6:17For the great day of Their wrath has come, and who is able to withstand it?”

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