Job 21:7
King James Version (KJV)
Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?
American Standard Version (ASV)
Wherefore do the wicked live, Become old, yea, wax mighty in power?
World English Bible (WEB)
"Why do the wicked live, become old, yes, and grow mighty in power?
Job 21:7 Cross References
The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.
They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly.
For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
For there are no bands in their death: but their strength is firm.
They are not in trouble as other men; neither are they plagued like other men.
Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment.
Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.
They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily.
They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.
Therefore his people return hither: and waters of a full cup are wrung out to them.
And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High?
Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches.
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?
Thou hast planted them, yea, they have taken root: they grow, yea, they bring forth fruit: thou art near in their mouth, and far from their reins.
But thou, O LORD, knowest me: thou hast seen me, and tried mine heart toward thee: pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and prepare them for the day of slaughter.
They take up all of them with the angle, they catch them in their net, and gather them in their drag: therefore they rejoice and are glad.
