Job 21:8
Their seed is established in their sight with them, and their offspring before their eyes.
Job 21:8 in other translations
| BSB | Their descendants are established around them, and their offspring before their eyes. |
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| WEB | Their child is established with them in their sight, their offspring before their eyes. |
| ASV | Their seed is established with them in their sight, And their offspring before their eyes. |
| YLT | Their seed is established, Before their face with them, And their offspring before their eyes. |
| DARBY | Their seed is established with them in their sight, and their offspring before their eyes. |
| BBE | Their children are ever with them, and their offspring before their eyes. |
| Webster | Their seed is established in their sight with them, and their offspring before their eyes. |
What does Job 21:8 mean?
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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 21:8 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Job 21:8
- Proverbs 17:6
Children’s children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.
- Psalms 17:14
From men which are thy hand, O Lord, from men of the world, which have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes.
- Job 20:28
The increase of his house shall depart, and his goods shall flow away in the day of his wrath.
- Job 20:10
His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods.
- Job 18:19
He shall neither have son nor nephew among his people, nor any remaining in his dwellings.
- Job 5:3-4
I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation. His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them.
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Context
- Job 21:7
Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?
- Job 21:8
Their seed is established in their sight with them, and their offspring before their eyes.
- Job 21:9
Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them.
Job 21:8 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Su simiente con ellos, compuesta delante de ellos; y sus renuevos delante de sus ojos. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Leur postérité s’établit devant eux, auprès d’eux, et leurs descendants devant leurs yeux. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Ihr Same steht fest vor ihnen, mit ihnen, und ihre Sprößlinge vor ihren Augen. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Semen eorum permanet coram eis: propinquorum turba et nepotum in conspectu eorum. |