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Job 21:17

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How oft is it that the lamp of the wicked is put out? That their calamity cometh upon them? That God distributeth sorrows in his anger?

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Job 21:17 in other translations

“How often is it that the lamp of the wicked is put out,
that their calamity comes on them,
that God distributes sorrows in his anger?

Job 21:17 · World English Bible

Job 21:17 in context

  1. 15What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? And what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?
  2. 16Lo, their prosperity is not in their hand: The counsel of the wicked is far from me.
  3. 17How oft is it that the lamp of the wicked is put out? That their calamity cometh upon them? That God distributeth sorrows in his anger?
  4. 18That they are as stubble before the wind, And as chaff that the storm carrieth away?
  5. 19Ye say, God layeth up his iniquity for his children. Let him recompense it unto himself, that he may know it: