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Job: God Will Punish the Wicked

Job 21:9

In 11 translations

BSB
Their homes are safe from fear; no rod of punishment from God is upon them.
KJV
Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them.safe…: Heb. peace from
WEB
Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them.
ASV
Their houses are safe from fear, Neither is the rod of God upon them.
LSV
Their houses [are] peace without fear, || Nor [is] a rod of God on them.
YLT
Their houses [are] peace without fear, Nor [is] a rod of God upon them.
DBY
Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them.Eloah
DRC
Their houses are secure and peaceable, and the rod of God is not upon them.
GNV
Their houses are peaceable without feare, and the rod of God is not vpon them.
JPS
Their houses are safe, without fear, neither is the rod of God upon them.
LXXE
Their houses are prosperous, neither have they any where cause for fear, neither is there a scourge from the Lord upon them.

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Original-language editions

WLC
בָּתֵּיהֶ֣ם שָׁל֣וֹם מִפָּ֑חַד וְלֹ֤א שֵׁ֖בֶט אֱל֣וֹהַּ עֲלֵיהֶֽם׃
LXX-Br
Οἱ οἶκοι αὐτῶν εὐθηνοῦσι, φόβος δὲ οὐδαμοῦ, μάστιξ δὲ παρὰ Κυρίου οὐκ ἔστιν ἐπʼ αὐτοῖς.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Psalms 73:5They are free of the burdens others carry; they are not afflicted like other men.
  • Job 9:34Let Him remove His rod from me, so that His terror will no longer frighten me.
  • Job 15:21Sounds of terror fill his ears; in his prosperity the destroyer attacks him.
  • Job 18:11Terrors frighten him on every side and harass his every step.
  • Psalms 73:19How suddenly they are laid waste, completely swept away by terrors!
  • Isaiah 57:19–21bringing praise to their lips. Peace, peace to those far and near,” says the LORD, “and I will heal them.” But the wicked are like the storm-tossed sea, for it cannot be still, and its waves churn up mire and muck.…

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