King James Version:
(The Lord speaking is red text)
¶ How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and [how oft] cometh their destruction upon them! [God] distributeth sorrows in his anger.
Complete Jewish Bible:
"How often is the lamp of the wicked put out? How often does their calamity come upon them? How often does [God] deal out pain in his anger,
Berean Standard Bible:
How often is the lamp of the wicked put out? Does disaster come upon them? Does God, in His anger, apportion destruction?
American Standard Version:
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?
KJV with Strong’s Numbers:
How oft is the candle{H5216} of the wicked{H7563} put out{H1846}! and how oft cometh{H935} their destruction{H343} upon them! God distributeth{H2505} sorrows{H2256} in his anger{H639}.
Cross-References (KJV):
Job 18:5
- ¶ Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine.
Job 18:6
- The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him.
Luke 12:46
- The lord of that servant will come in a day when he looketh not for [him], and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in sunder, and will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers.
Job 18:18
- He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.
Psalms 90:7
- ¶ For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we troubled.
Psalms 90:9
- For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a tale [that is told].
Romans 2:8
- But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,
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Commentary for Job 21:17
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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:
Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)
- Strong's Number: H5216
There are 42 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: נִיר
Transliteration: nîyr
Pronunciation: neer
Description: or נִר; also נֵיר; or נֵר; or (feminine) נֵרָה; from a primitive root (see נִיר; נוּר) properly, meaning to glisten; a lamp (i.e. the burner) or light (literally or figuratively); candle, lamp, light. - Strong's Number: H7563
There are 249 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: רָשָׁע
Transliteration: râshâʻ
Pronunciation: raw-shaw'
Description: from רָשַׁע; morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person; [phrase] condemned, guilty, ungodly, wicked (man), that did wrong. - Strong's Number: H1846
There are 9 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: דָּעַךְ
Transliteration: dâʻak
Pronunciation: daw-ak'
Description: a primitive root; to be extinguished; figuratively, to expire or be dried up; be extinct, consumed, put out, quenched. - Strong's Number: H935
There are 2307 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: בּוֹא
Transliteration: bôwʼ
Pronunciation: bo
Description: a primitive root; to go or come (in a wide variety of applications); abide, apply, attain, [idiom] be, befall, [phrase] besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, [idiom] certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, [idiom] doubtless again, [phrase] eat, [phrase] employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, [phrase] follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, [phrase] have, [idiom] indeed, (in-) vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, [idiom] (well) stricken (in age), [idiom] surely, take (in), way. - Strong's Number: H343
There are 38 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: אֵיד
Transliteration: ʼêyd
Pronunciation: ade
Description: from the same as אוּד (in the sense of bending down); oppression; by implication misfortune, ruin; calamity, destruction. - Strong's Number: H2505
There are 64 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: חָלַק
Transliteration: châlaq
Pronunciation: khaw-lak'
Description: a primitive root; to be smooth (figuratively); by implication (as smooth stones were used for lots) to apportion or separate; deal, distribute, divide, flatter, give, (have, im-) part(-ner), take away a portion, receive, separate self, (be) smooth(-er). - Strong's Number: H2256
There are 58 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: חֶבֶל
Transliteration: chebel
Pronunciation: kheh'-bel
Description: or חֵבֶל; from חָבַל; a rope (as twisted), especially a measuring line; by implication, a district or inheritance (as measured); or a noose (as of cords); figuratively, a company (as if tied together); also a throe (especially of parturition); also ruin; band, coast, company, cord, country, destruction, line, lot, pain, pang, portion, region, rope, snare, sorrow, tackling. - Strong's Number: H639
There are 306 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: אַף
Transliteration: ʼaph
Pronunciation: af
Description: from אָנַף; properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire; anger(-gry), [phrase] before, countenance, face, [phrase] forebearing, forehead, [phrase] (long-) suffering, nose, nostril, snout, [idiom] worthy, wrath.