Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
"Why do the wicked live to reach old age and increase in power and wealth, too?
New American Standard Bible
Continue on, also become very
King James Version
Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?
Holman Bible
growing old and becoming powerful?
A Conservative Version
Why do the wicked live, become old, yea, grow mighty in power?
American Standard Version
Wherefore do the wicked live, Become old, yea, wax mighty in power?
Amplified
“Why do the wicked still live,
Become old, and become mighty in power?
Bible in Basic English
Why is life given to the evil-doers? why do they become old and strong in power?
Darby Translation
Wherefore do the wicked live, grow old, yea, become mighty in power?
Julia Smith Translation
Wherefore shall the unjust live? They grew old, also they were strong in power.
King James 2000
Why do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?
Lexham Expanded Bible
"Why do [the] wicked live, grow old, even grow mighty [in] power?
Modern King James verseion
Why do the wicked live? They grow old and become mighty in power.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
"Wherefore do wicked men live in health and prosperity, come to their old age, and increase in riches?
NET Bible
"Why do the wicked go on living, grow old, even increase in power?
New Heart English Bible
"Why do the wicked live, become old, yes, and grow mighty in power?
The Emphasized Bible
Wherefore do, lawless men, live, advance in years, even wax mighty in power?
Webster
Why do the wicked live, become old, and, are mighty in power?
World English Bible
"Why do the wicked live, become old, yes, and grow mighty in power?
Youngs Literal Translation
Wherefore do the wicked live? They have become old, Yea, they have been mighty in wealth.
Themes
Apparent injustice » Sometimes attributed to God
Desires » Who does not desire God
Happiness » Of the wicked » Is derived from » Their power
Happiness of the The Wicked » Is derived from » Their power
Injustice » Sometimes attributed to God
Partiality » Sometimes attributed to God
Topics
Interlinear
References
Easton
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 21:7
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job's Seventh Speech: A Response To Zophar
6 When I think about this, I'm petrified with terror and my body shudders uncontrollably." 7 "Why do the wicked live to reach old age and increase in power and wealth, too? 8 Their children grow up while they're alive, and they live to see their grandchildren.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Job 12:6
The tents of robbers are at rest, and those who provoke God are secure, that is, those who carry their god in their pocket.
Psalm 37:35
I once observed a wicked and oppressive person, flourishing like a green tree in native soil.
Habakkuk 1:13
Your eyes are too pure to gaze upon evil; and you cannot tolerate wickedness. So why do you tolerate the treacherous? And why do you stay silent while the wicked devour those who are more righteous than they are?
Psalm 17:10
They are imprisoned by their own prosperity, they have boasted proudly with their mouth.
Psalm 73:3-12
For I was envious of the proud when I observed the prosperity of the wicked.
Jeremiah 12:1-3
You are righteous, LORD, even when I bring a complaint to you. But I want to discuss justice with you. Why does the way of the wicked prosper, while all who are treacherous are at ease?
Daniel 4:17
This order is announced by the observers, and the holy ones declare the verdict, so that the living may know that the Most High is sovereign over human kingdoms and grants them to whomever he desires, and he places the least important of men over them.'
Habakkuk 1:15-16
The adversary captures them with a hook, gathering them up in a fishing net. He collects them with a dragnet, rejoicing and gloating over his catch.
Revelation 13:2-7
The beast that I saw was like a leopard. Its feet were like bear's feet, and its mouth was like a lion's mouth. The dragon gave it his power, his throne, and complete authority.
Revelation 17:2-4
The kings of the earth committed sexual immorality with her, and those living on earth became drunk with the wine of her immorality."