Job: God Will Punish the Wicked

Job 21:17

In 11 translations

BSB: How often is the lamp of the wicked put out? Does disaster come upon them? Does God, in His anger, apportion destruction?
KJV: How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and how oft cometh their destruction upon them! God distributeth sorrows in his anger.candle: or, lamp
WEB: “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?
ASV: 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?
LSV: How often is the lamp of the wicked extinguished, || And their calamity comes on them? He apportions pangs in His anger.
YLT: How oft is the lamp of the wicked extinguished, And come on them doth their calamity? Pangs He apportioneth in His anger.
DBY: How often is the lamp of the wicked put out, and cometh their calamity upon them? Doth he distribute sorrows [to them] in his anger?
DRC: How often shall the lamp of the wicked be put out, and a deluge come upon them, and he shall distribute the sorrows of his wrath?
GNV: How oft shall the candle of the wicked be put out? and their destruction come vpon them? he wil deuide their liues in his wrath.
JPS: How oft is it that the lamp of the wicked is put out? that their calamity cometh upon them? that He distributeth pains in His anger?
LXXE: Nevertheless, the lamp of the ungodly also shall be put out, and destruction shall come upon them, and pangs of vengeance shall seize them.

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Original-language editions

WLC: כַּמָּ֤ה ׀ נֵר־רְשָׁ֘עִ֤ים יִדְעָ֗ךְ וְיָבֹ֣א עָלֵ֣ימוֹ אֵידָ֑ם חֲ֝בָלִ֗ים יְחַלֵּ֥ק בְּאַפּֽוֹ׃
LXX-Br: Οὐ μὴν δὲ ἀλλὰ καὶ ἀσεβῶν λύχνος σβεσθήσεται, ἐπελεύσεται δὲ αὐτοῖς ἡ καταστροφὴ, ὠδῖνες δὲ αὐτοὺς ἕξουσιν ἀπὸ ὀργῆς.

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In the reference works topics that cite this verse

Candle Lamp; Lampstand Lamps Afflictions of the Wicked, The Anger of God, The Inspiration Death Sin Wicked (People)Afflictions and Adversities

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Cross-references most cited first

Job 18:5–6Indeed, the lamp of the wicked is extinguished; the flame of his fire does not glow. The light in his tent grows dark, and the lamp beside him goes out.
Proverbs 13:9The light of the righteous shines brightly, but the lamp of the wicked is extinguished.
Proverbs 20:20Whoever curses his father or mother, his lamp will be extinguished in deepest darkness.
Romans 2:8–9But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow wickedness, there will be wrath and anger. There will be trouble and distress for every human being who does evil, first for the Jew, then for the…
Matthew 25:8The foolish ones said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil; our lamps are going out.’
Luke 12:46The master of that servant will come on a day he does not expect and at an hour he does not anticipate. Then he will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the unbelievers.
Psalms 90:7–9For we are consumed by Your anger and terrified by Your wrath. You have set our iniquities before You, our secret sins in the light of Your presence. For all our days decline in Your fury; we finish our years with a…
Proverbs 24:20For the evil man has no future; the lamp of the wicked will be extinguished.
Psalms 32:10Many are the sorrows of the wicked, but loving devotion surrounds him who trusts in the LORD.
Job 18:18He is driven from light into darkness and is chased from the inhabited world.

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