Job 21:10
Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf.
Job 21:10 in other translations
| BSB | Their bulls breed without fail; their cows bear calves and do not miscarry. |
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| WEB | Their bulls breed without fail. Their cows calve, and don’t miscarry. |
| ASV | Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; Their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf. |
| YLT | His bullock hath eaten corn, and doth not loath. His cow bringeth forth safely, And doth not miscarry. |
| DARBY | Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf. |
| BBE | Their ox is ready at all times to give seed; their cow gives birth, without dropping her young. |
| Webster | Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf. |
What does Job 21:10 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 21:7-16
Job says, Remarkable judgments are sometimes brought upon notorious sinners, but not always. Wherefore is it so? This is the day of God's patience; and, in some way or other, he makes use of the prosperity of the wicked to serve his own counsels, while it ripens them for ruin; but the chief reason is, because he will make it appear there is another world. These prospering sinners make light of God and religion, as…
Job 21:10 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Job 21:10
- Exodus 23:26
There shall nothing cast their young, nor be barren, in thy land: the number of thy days I will fulfil.
- Ecclesiastes 9:1-2
For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God: no man knoweth either love or hatred by all that is before them. All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as is the good, so is the sinner; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath.
- Deuteronomy 28:11
And the Lord shall make thee plenteous in goods, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, in the land which the Lord sware unto thy fathers to give thee.
- Luke 12:16-21
And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully: And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits? And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods. And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry. …
- Deuteronomy 7:13-14
And he will love thee, and bless thee, and multiply thee: he will also bless the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy land, thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep, in the land which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee. Thou shalt be blessed above all people: there shall not be male or female barren among you, or among your cattle.
- Psalms 144:13-14
That our garners may be full, affording all manner of store: that our sheep may bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our streets: That our oxen may be strong to labour; that there be no breaking in, nor going out; that there be no complaining in our streets.
- Luke 16:19
There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:
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Context
- Job 21:9
Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them.
- Job 21:10
Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf.
- Job 21:11
They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance.
Job 21:10 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Sus vacas conciben, no abortan; paren sus vacas, y no malogran su cría. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Leur taureau engendre sans manquer, leur vache vêle et n’avorte pas. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Sein Stier belegt und befruchtet sicher, seine Kuh kalbt und wirft nicht fehl. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Bos eorum concepit, et non abortivit: vacca peperit, et non est privata fœtu suo. |