Job 21:17
“How oft is the candle of the wicked put out? and how oft commeth their destruction vpon them? God distributeth sorrowes in his anger.”
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Job 21:17 Context
15What is the Almightie, that wee should serue him? and what profite should we haue, if we pray vnto him? 16Loe, their good is not in their hand, the counsell of the wicked is farre from me. 17How oft is the candle of the wicked put out? and how oft commeth their destruction vpon them? God distributeth sorrowes in his anger. 18They are as stubble before the winde, and as chaffe that the storme carieth away. 19God layeth vp his iniquitie for his children: he rewardeth him, and he shall know it.
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How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and [how oft] cometh their destruction upon them! [God] distributeth sorrows in his anger.
- King James Version
"How often is the lamp of the wicked put out, Or does their calamity fall on them? Does God apportion destruction in His anger?
- New American Standard Version (1995)