🌪️WEB · Job 21:7

What does Job 21:7 mean?

"“Why do the wicked live, become old, yes, and grow mighty in power?"

— Job 21:7 (World English Bible)

Surrounding context

4

As for me, is my complaint to man? Why shouldn’t I be impatient?

5

Look at me, and be astonished. Lay your hand on your mouth.

6

When I remember, I am troubled. Horror takes hold of my flesh.

7

“Why do the wicked live, become old, yes, and grow mighty in power?

8

Their child is established with them in their sight, their offspring before their eyes.

9

Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them.

10

Their bulls breed without fail. Their cows calve, and don’t miscarry.

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