Job 21:10

"Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them."

Key Reflection

In Job 21:10, these words suggest a life of untroubled peace and security where the wicked experience no divine retribution or spiritual fear, highlighting the contrast between their apparently prosperous existence and the suffering endured by Job and others. This passage challenges the notion that affliction always accompanies sin, presenting a complex view of divine justice and human circumstances.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Their bull gendereth -See Rosenmuller and Lee on this verse; comp Bochart, Hieroz. P. 1, Lib. ii. c. xxx. The general idea is, that the wicked were prospered as well as the pious. God did not interpose by a miracle to cut off their cattle, and to prevent their becoming rich.

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