Job 21:17
Job 21:17-21 The Message (MSG)
“Still, how often does it happen that the wicked fail, or disaster strikes, or they get their just deserts? How often are they blown away by bad luck? Not very often. You might say, ‘God is saving up the punishment for their children.’ I say, ‘Give it to them right now so they’ll know what they’ve done!’ They deserve to experience the effects of their evil, feel the full force of God’s wrath firsthand. What do they care what happens to their families after they’re safely tucked away in the grave?
Job 21:17 King James Version (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.
Job 21:17 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
“How often is the lamp of the wicked put out, Or does their calamity fall on them? Does God apportion destruction in His anger?
Job 21:17 New Century Version (NCV)
Yet how often are the lamps of evil people turned off? How often does trouble come to them? How often do they suffer God’s angry punishment?
Job 21:17 American Standard Version (ASV)
How oft is it that the lamp of the wicked is put out? That their calamity cometh upon them? That God distributeth sorrows in his anger?
Job 21:17 New International Version (NIV)
“Yet how often is the lamp of the wicked snuffed out? How often does calamity come upon them, the fate God allots in his anger?
Job 21:17 New King James Version (NKJV)
“How often is the lamp of the wicked put out? How often does their destruction come upon them, The sorrows God distributes in His anger?
Job 21:17 Amplified Bible (AMP)
¶“How often [then] is it that the lamp of the wicked is put out, And that their disaster falls on them? Does God distribute pain and destruction and sorrow [to them] in His anger? [Luke 12:46]