Job 21:17 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹⁷ “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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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ How often [then] is it that the lamp of the wicked is put out? That their calamity comes upon them? That God distributes pains and sorrows to them in His anger? [Luke 12:46.]

American Standard Version (1901)

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?

Common English Bible

¹⁷ How often does the lamp of the wicked flicker or disaster come upon them, with its fury inflicting pain on them?

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁷ How often will the lamp of the wicked be extinguished, and a deluge overtake them, and how often will he distribute the afflictions of his wrath?

Job 21:17 Cross References

Job 18:18

He is thrust from light into darkness, and driven out of the world.

Job 21:30

that the wicked man is spared in the day of calamity, that he is rescued in the day of wrath?

Job 31:2

What would be my portion from God above, and my heritage from the Almighty on high?

Job 31:3

Does not calamity befall the unrighteous, and disaster the workers of iniquity?

Psalm 32:10

Many are the pangs of the wicked; but steadfast love surrounds him who trusts in the Lord.

Proverbs 13:9

The light of the righteous rejoices, but the lamp of the wicked will be put out.

Proverbs 20:20

If one curses his father or his mother, his lamp will be put out in utter darkness.

Proverbs 24:20

for the evil man has no future; the lamp of the wicked will be put out.

Matthew 25:8

And the foolish said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.’

Luke 12:46

the master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he does not know, and will punish him, and put him with the unfaithful.