Job 21:7

God's Word

“Why do the wicked go on living, grow old, and even become more powerful?

Cross References

Job 12:19

He leads priests away barefoot and misleads those who serve in a temple.

Job 12:6

⌞But⌟ robbers’ tents are prosperous, and there is security for those who provoke God, for those whose god is their power.

Job 9:24

The earth is handed over to the wicked. He covers the faces of its judges. If he isn’t the one ⌞doing this⌟, who is?

Psalm 17:10

They have shut out all feeling. Their mouths have spoken arrogantly.

Psalm 37:35

I have seen a wicked person ⌞acting like⌟ a tyrant, spreading himself out like a large cedar tree.

Ecclesiastes 7:15

I have seen it all in my pointless life: Righteous people die in spite of being righteous. Wicked people go on living in spite of being wicked.

Ecclesiastes 8:14

There is something being done on earth that is pointless. Righteous people suffer for what the wicked do, and wicked people get what the righteous deserve. I say that even this is pointless.

Daniel 4:17

The guardians have announced this decision. The holy ones have announced this so that every living creature will know that the Most High has power over human kingdoms. He gives them to whomever he wishes. He can place the lowest of people in charge of them.’ ”

Habakkuk 1:13

Your eyes are too pure to look at evil. You can’t watch wickedness. Why do you keep watching treacherous people? Why are you silent when wicked people swallow those who are more righteous than they are?