Job 21:17
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How Often Do the Wicked Suffer?
21:17“How often40 is the lamp of the wicked extinguished?
How often does their41 misfortune come upon them?
Footnotes
- 40 The interrogative “How often” occurs only with the first colon; it is supplied for smoother reading in the next two.
- 41 The pronominal suffix is objective; it re-enforces the object of the preposition, “upon them.” The verb in the clause is בּוֹא (bo’) followed by עַל (’al), “come upon [or against],” may be interpreted as meaning attack or strike.
- 42 חֲבָלִים (khavalim) can mean “ropes” or “cords,” but that would not go with the verb “apportion” in this line. The meaning of “pangs (as in “birth-pangs”) seems to fit best here. The wider meaning would be “physical agony.”
- 43 The phrase “to them” is understood and thus is supplied in the translation for clarification.
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
“How often is it that the lamp of the wicked is put out?
That their calamity comes upon them?
That God distributes pains in his anger?
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
“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?
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
How often is the lamp of the wicked put out?
Does disaster come on them?
Does he apportion destruction in his anger?
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NLTNew Living Translation
“Yet the light of the wicked never seems to be extinguished.
Do they ever have trouble?
Does God distribute sorrows to them in anger?
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
“How often is the lamp of the wicked put out,
and their disaster comes upon them?
He distributes pains in his anger.
Copyright 2012 Lexham Press
KJV 1900King 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.
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