Job 21:7

New English Translation

“Why do the wicked go on living, grow old, even increase in power?

Cross References

Job 12:19

He leads priests away stripped and overthrows the potentates.

Job 12:6

But the tents of robbers are peaceful, and those who provoke God are confident – who carry their god in their hands.

Job 9:24

If a land has been given into the hand of a wicked man, he covers the faces of its judges; if it is not he, then who is it?

Psalm 17:10

They are calloused; they speak arrogantly.

Psalm 37:35

I have seen ruthless evil men growing in influence, like a green tree grows in its native soil.

Ecclesiastes 7:15

During the days of my fleeting life I have seen both of these things: Sometimes a righteous person dies prematurely in spite of his righteousness, and sometimes a wicked person lives long in spite of his evil deeds.

Ecclesiastes 8:14

Here is another enigma that occurs on earth: Sometimes there are righteous people who get what the wicked deserve, and sometimes there are wicked people who get what the righteous deserve. I said, “This also is an enigma.”

Daniel 4:17

This announcement is by the decree of the sentinels; this decision is by the pronouncement of the holy ones, so that those who are alive may understand that the Most High has authority over human kingdoms, and he bestows them on whomever he wishes. He establishes over them even the lowliest of human beings.’

Habakkuk 1:13

You are too just to tolerate evil; you are unable to condone wrongdoing. So why do you put up with such treacherous people? Why do you say nothing when the wicked devour those more righteous than they are?