Job 21:7

New International Reader's Version

Why do sinful people keep on living? The older they grow, the richer they get.

Cross References

Job 12:19

He removes the authority of priests and leads them away. He removes from their positions officials who have been in control for a long time.

Job 12:6

Why doesn’t anyone bother the tents of robbers? Why do those who make God angry remain secure? They are in God’s hands!

Job 9:24

Suppose a nation falls into the power of sinful people. Then God makes its judges blind to the truth. If he isn’t the one doing it, who is?

Psalm 17:10

They make their hearts hard and stubborn. Their mouths speak with pride.

Psalm 37:35

I saw a mean and sinful person. He was doing well, like a green tree in its own land.

Ecclesiastes 7:15

In my meaningless life here’s what I’ve seen. I’ve seen godly people dying even though they are godly. And I’ve seen sinful people living a long time even though they are sinful.

Ecclesiastes 8:14

Here’s something else on this earth that doesn’t have any meaning. Sometimes godly people get what sinful people should receive. And sinful people get what godly people should receive. Here’s what I’m telling you. That doesn’t have any meaning either.

Daniel 4:17

“ ‘The decision is announced by holy messengers. So all who are alive will know that the Most High God is King. He rules over all kingdoms on earth. He gives them to anyone he wants. Sometimes he puts the least important people in charge of them.’

Habakkuk 1:13

Your eyes are too pure to look at what is evil. You can’t put up with the wrong things people do. So why do you put up with those who can’t be trusted? The evil Babylonians swallow up those who are more godly than themselves. So why are you silent?