Old Testament · VERSE 17

Job 21:17

King James Version

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

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Job 21:17 in context

Job 21:15

What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?

Job 21:16

Lo, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

Job 21:17SELECTED VERSE

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

Job 21:18

They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away.

Job 21:19

God layeth up his iniquity for his children: he rewardeth him, and he shall know it.

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