Job 21:17 · KJV
“How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and {how oft} cometh their destruction upon them! {God} distributeth sorrows in his anger. {candle: or, lamp}”
— Job 21:17
Lo, their good {is} not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away. {carrieth: Heb. stealeth}
Job 21 — Context
What {is} the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?
16Lo, their good {is} not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
17How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and {how oft} cometh their destruction upon them! {God} distributeth sorrows in his anger. {candle: or, lamp}
18They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away. {carrieth: Heb. stealeth}
19God layeth up his iniquity for his children: he rewardeth him, and he shall know {it}. {his iniquity: that is, the punishment of his iniquity}
Cross References
Job 18:5-6
Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine.
Proverbs 20:20
Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness. {lamp: or, candle}
Proverbs 13:9
The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out. {lamp: or, candle}
Proverbs 24:20
For there shall be no reward to the evil {man}; the candle of the wicked shall be put out. {candle: or, lamp}
Job 18:18
He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world. {He...: Heb. They shall drive him}
Psalms 32:10
Many sorrows {shall be} to the wicked: but he that trusteth in the LORD, mercy shall compass him about.
Romans 2:8-9
But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,
Psalms 90:7-9
For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we troubled.