Job 21:7
Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?
KJV
Quare ergo impii vivunt, sublevati sunt, confortatique divitiis ?
Vulgate
διὰ τί ἀσεβεῖς ζῶσιν, πεπαλαίωνται δὲ καὶ ἐν πλούτῳ;
LXX
Wherefore do the wicked live, Become old, yea, wax mighty in power?
ASV
מַדּ֣וּעַ רְשָׁעִ֣ים יִחְי֑וּ עָ֝תְק֗וּ גַּם גָּ֥בְרוּ חָֽיִל
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
גַּם
gm
adverb · 764×
וֹ
v
noun · 232×
יִּגְבְּר֥וּ
ygbrv
verb · 25×
יַּעְתֵּ֨ק
y'tq
verb · 9×
מַדּ֖וּעַ
mdv'
adverb · 71×
נִי
ny
verb · 264×
רְשָׁעִ֣ים
rsh'ym
adjective · 257×
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Dan 4:17 — This matter is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the word of the holy ones: to the intent that the living may know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whom
- Eccl 8:14 — There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; that there be just men, unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked; again, there be wicked men, to whom it happeneth according to the wo
- Eccl 9:2 — All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as is
- Hab 1:4 — Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceedeth.
- Hab 1:13 — Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that is m
- Jer 12:1 — Righteous art thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously?
- Jer 12:1 — Righteous art thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously?
- Job 5:24 — And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle shall be in peace; and thou shalt visit thy habitation, and shalt not sin.
- Job 9:24 — The earth is given into the hand of the wicked: he covereth the faces of the judges thereof; if not, where, and who is he?
- Job 12:6 — The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.
- Job 12:6 — The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.
- Job 36:6 — He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth right to the poor.
- Mal 3:15 — And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, they that tempt God are even delivered.
- Mark 10:22 — And he was sad at that saying, and went away grieved: for he had great possessions.
- Ps 17:10 — They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly.
- Ps 17:14 — From men which are thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, which have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest of
- Ps 37:7 — Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.
- Ps 37:35 — I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree.
- Ps 37:35 — I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree.
- Ps 73:3 — For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
- Ps 73:3 — For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
- Ps 92:7 — When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; it is that they shall be destroyed for ever: