욥기 21:17
How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and how oft cometh their destruction upon them! God distributeth sorrows in his anger.
Context
This verse from 욥기 Chapter 21 connects to 10 cross-references. 욥이 친구들에게 조롱 전에 잘 들어달라고 촉구한다. 그는 악인들이 번영하고 장수하며 평온하게 죽는다는 현실을 관찰한다. 친구들의 응보 신학과 정면 충돌하는 이 장은 책 전체에서 가장 날카롭게 전통적 신학에 도전하는 부분이다.
다른 번역본
How oft is it that the lamp of the wicked is put out? That their calamity cometh upon them? ThatGod distributeth sorrows in his anger?
How oft is the lamp of the wicked extinguished, And come on them doth their calamity? Pangs He apportioneth in His anger.
How frequently is the light of the evil-doers put out, or does trouble come on them? how frequently does his wrath take them with cords?
상호 참조
And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out.
The lord of that servant will come in a day when he looketh not for him, and at an hour …
He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.
The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him.
Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine.
For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a tale that is told.
For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we troubled.
Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that trusteth in the Lord, mercy shall compass him about.
For there shall be no reward to the evil man; the candle of the wicked shall be put out.
Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.