Job 21:7 - Tree of Life Version Why do the wicked go on living, growing old and increasing in power? Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Wherefore do the wicked live, Become old, yea, are mighty in power? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Why do the wicked live, become old, and become mighty in power? American Standard Version (1901) Wherefore do the wicked live, Become old, yea, wax mighty in power? Common English Bible Why do the wicked live, grow old, and even become strong? Catholic Public Domain Version Why then do the impious live, having been lifted up and strengthened with riches? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Why then do the wicked live, are they advanced, and strengthened with riches? |
The tents of marauders prosper, and there is security for those who provoke God— for those whom God brings in His hand.
If the land falls into the hand of the wicked He blindfolds the faces of its judges. If it is not He, then who is it?
Their callous heart they shut tight. With their mouth they speak proudly.
I have seen a wicked, ruthless man flourishing like a leafy tree in native soil.
During my fleeting days I have seen both of these things: sometimes a righteous one perishes in his righteousness and sometimes a wicked one lives long in his wickedness.
There is another enigma that occurs upon the earth: there are righteous people who are requited according to the work of the wicked, and there are wicked people who are requited according to the work of the righteous. I said, “This also is meaningless.”
The tree that you saw grow large and strong, whose top reached to heaven and that was visible to all the earth,
With eyes too pure to see evil You cannot look at such trouble! Why do You look at the treacherous? Why do You remain silent when a wicked one swallows up those more righteous than him?