Job 21:9
Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them.
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 houses are safe from fear, Neither is the rod of God upon them.
Their houses <FI>are<Fi> peace without fear, Nor <FI>is<Fi> a rod of God upon them.
Their houses are free from fear, and the rod of God does not come on them.
Cross References
Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his fear terrify me:
A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.
Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall drive him to his feet.
They are not in trouble as other men; neither are they plagued like other men.
How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.
I create the fruit of the lips; Peace, peace to him that is far off, and to him that is …
There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked.