Job 21:8
Their seed is established in their sight with them, and their offspring before their eyes.
Context
This verse from Job Chapter 21 connects to 7 cross-references. Job challenges his friends to listen carefully before mocking him. He observes the empirical reality that the wicked do prosper: they live long, multiply, and die in peace without experiencing the judgment his friends claim is inevitable. This chapter represents …
Other Translations
Their seed is established with them in their sight, And their offspring before their eyes.
Their seed is established, Before their face with them, And their offspring before their eyes.
Their children are ever with them, and their offspring before their eyes.
Cross References
I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them.
He shall neither have son nor nephew among his people, nor any remaining in his dwellings.
His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods.
The increase of his house shall depart, and his goods shall flow away in the day of his wrath.
From men which are thy hand, O Lord, from men of the world, which have their portion in this life, …
Children’s children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.