“Why do the wicked live,
become old, yes, and grow mighty in power?
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Job 21:7 in context
Job 21:4–10
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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.
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When I remember, I am troubled.
Horror takes hold of my flesh.
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Selected verse
“Why do the wicked live,
become old, yes, and grow mighty in power?
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Their child is established with them in their sight,
their offspring before their eyes.
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Their houses are safe from fear,
neither is the rod of God upon them.
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Their bulls breed without fail.
Their cows calve, and don’t miscarry.
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