Job 21:17

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

“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?

Cross References

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.

Matthew 25:8

The foolish said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.’

Proverbs 24:20

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

Proverbs 20:20

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

Proverbs 13:9

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

Psalm 32:10

Many are the torments of the wicked, but steadfast love surrounds those who trust in the Lord.

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?