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Job 21:17

17  “How often is it that dthe lamp of the wicked is put out?

That their calamity comes upon them?

That God1 distributes pains in his anger?

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Job 21:17 — The New International Version (NIV)

17 “Yet how often is the lamp of the wicked snuffed out?

How often does calamity come upon them,

the fate God allots in his anger?

Job 21:17 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

17 How oft is the candle of the wicked put out!

And how oft cometh their destruction upon them!

God distributeth sorrows in his anger.

Job 21:17 — New Living Translation (NLT)

17 “Yet the light of the wicked never seems to be extinguished.

Do they ever have trouble?

Does God distribute sorrows to them in anger?

Job 21:17 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

17 “How often is the lamp of the wicked put out?

How often does their destruction come upon them,

The sorrows God distributes in His anger?

Job 21:17 — New Century Version (NCV)

17 Yet how often are the lamps of evil people turned off?

How often does trouble come to them?

How often do they suffer God’s angry punishment?

Job 21:17 — American Standard Version (ASV)

17 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?

Job 21:17 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

17 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?

Job 21:17 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

17 “How often is the lamp of the wicked snuffed out? 

How often does disaster happen to them? 

How often does an angry God give them pain? 

Job 21:17 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

17 How often is the lamp of the wicked put out?

Does disaster come on them?

Does He apportion destruction in His anger?

Job 21:17 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

17 “How often is the lamp of the wicked put out?

How often does calamity come upon them?

How often does God distribute pains in his anger?

Job 21:17 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

17 “How often is the lamp of the wicked put out,

and their disaster comes upon them?

He distributes pains in his anger.

Job 21:17 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

17 “How often are their lamps blown out?

How often does trouble come on them?

How often does God punish them when he’s angry?

Job 21:17 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

17 How often is the lamp of the wicked put out,

Or does their calamity fall on them?

Does God apportion destruction in His anger?


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