Job 21:17

Job 21:17 in 6 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.

New International Version (NIV)

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?

17¶“How often is the lamp of the wicked put out,

Or does their disaster fall on them?

Does 21:17 Lit HeGod apportion destruction in His anger?

17“How often is the lamp of the wicked put out,

Or does their calamity fall on them?

Does God apportion destruction in His anger?

17¶“How often [then] is it that the lamp of the wicked is put out,

And that their disaster falls on them?

Does God distribute pain and destruction and sorrow [to them] in His anger? [Luke 12:46]

17How often is the lamp of the wicked put out?

Does disaster come upon them?

Does God, in His anger, apportion destruction?

17“How often are their lamps blown out?

How often does trouble come on them?

How often does God punish them when he’s angry?