17How often shall the lamp of the wicked be put out, and a deluge come upon them, and he shall distribute the sorrows of his wrath?


In Context

14 Who have said to God: Depart from us, we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.

15 Who is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what doth it profit us if we pray to him?

16 Yet because their good things are not in their hand, may the counsel of the wicked be far from me.

17 How often shall the lamp of the wicked be put out, and a deluge come upon them, and he shall distribute the sorrows of his wrath?

18 They shall be as chaff before the face of the wind, and as ashes which the whirlwind scattereth.

19 God shall lay up the sorrow of the father for his children: and when he shall repay, then shall he know.

Job 21:17 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:17How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and [how oft] cometh their destruction upon them! [God] distributeth sorrows in his anger.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

21:17"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?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

21:17How 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?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:17How often is the lamp of the wicked put out, and cometh their calamity upon them? Doth he distribute sorrows to them in his anger?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

21:17How 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?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:17How oft is the candle of the wicked put out? and how oft cometh their destruction upon them? God distributeth sorrows in his anger.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:17|How often is it that the lamp of the wicked is put out, that their calamity comes on them, that God distributes sorrows in his anger?

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

21:17How oft is the lamp of the wicked extinguished, And come on them doth their calamity? Pangs He apportioneth in His anger.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:17How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and how oft comes their destruction on them! God distributes sorrows in his anger.