Cross References

Job 21:9

New English Translation

Their houses are safe and without fear; and no rod of punishment from God is upon them.

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

Terrifying sounds fill his ears; in a time of peace marauders attack him.

Terrors frighten him on all sides and dog his every step.

Their bulls breed without fail; their cows calve and do not miscarry.

who would take his rod away from me so that his terror would not make me afraid.

How desolate they become in a mere moment! Terrifying judgments make their demise complete!

They are immune to the trouble common to men; they do not suffer as other men do.

I will punish their rebellion by beating them with a club, their sin by inflicting them with bruises.