Job 21:17 - Compare All Versions

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“Yet how often is the lamp of the wicked snuffed out? How often does calamity come upon them, the fate God allots in his anger?

“How often is it that the lamp of the wicked is put out? That their calamity comes upon them? That God distributes pains in his anger?

“Yet the light of the wicked never seems to be extinguished. Do they ever have trouble? Does God distribute sorrows to them in anger?

How often is the lamp  of the wicked put out? Does disaster  come on them? Does he apportion destruction in his anger?

How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! And how oft cometh their destruction upon them! God distributeth sorrows in his anger.

“How often is the lamp of the wicked put out? How often does their destruction come upon them, The sorrows God distributes in His anger?

“Still, how often does it happen that the wicked fail, or disaster strikes, or they get their just deserts? How often are they blown away by bad luck? Not very often. You might say, ‘God is saving up the punishment for their children.’ I say, ‘Give it to them right now so they’ll know what they’ve done!’ They deserve to experience the effects of their evil, feel the full force of God’s wrath firsthand. What do they care what happens to their families after they’re safely tucked away in the grave?

¶“How often is the lamp of the wicked put out, Or does their disaster fall on them? Does God apportion destruction in His anger?

¶“How often [then] is it that the lamp of the wicked is put out, And that their disaster falls on them? Does God distribute pain and destruction and sorrow [to them] in His anger? [Luke 12:46]

“How often is the lamp of the wicked extinguished? How often does their misfortune come upon them? How often does God apportion pain to them in his anger?