Job 21:17 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

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?

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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?

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁷ How often shall the lamp of the wicked be put out, and a deluge come upon them: and he shall distribute the sorrows of his wrath?

Job 21:17 Cross References

Job 18:18

They are thrust from light into darkness and driven out of the world.

Job 21:30

that the wicked are spared in the day of calamity and are 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 torments of the wicked, but steadfast love surrounds those who trust in the Lord.

Proverbs 13:9

The light of the righteous rejoices, but the lamp of the wicked goes out.

Proverbs 20:20

If you curse father or mother, your lamp will go out in utter darkness.

Proverbs 24:20

for the evil have no future; the lamp of the wicked will go out.

Matthew 25:8

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 slave will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour that he does not know and will cut him in pieces and put him with the unfaithful.