Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
Job 21:17
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Berean Standard Bible
How often is the lamp of the wicked put out? Does disaster come upon them? Does God, in His anger, apportion destruction?
King James Version
How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and [how oft] cometh their destruction upon them! [God] distributeth sorrows in his anger.
World English Bible
“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?
American Standard Version
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?
Berean Literal Bible
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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB
Job 21
15 Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him, and what would we gain if we pray to Him?’
16 Still, their prosperity is not in their own hands, so I stay far from the counsel of the wicked.
18 Are they like straw before the wind, like chaff swept away by a storm?
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