job 21:17 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 21:17 "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. Job in this whole passage down to Job 21:21 quotes the assertion of the friends, as to the short continuance of the sinner's prosperity, not his own sentiments. In Job 21:22 he proceeds to refute them. "How oft is the candle" (lamp), &c., quoting Bildad's sentiment (Job 18:5, 6), in order to question its truth (compare Mt 25:8).
how oft--"God distributeth," &c. (alluding to Job 20:23, 29).
sorrows--UMBREIT translates "snares," literally, "cords," which lightning in its twining motion resembles (Ps 11:6).

job 21:17 "How often is the lamp of the wicked put out, Or [does] their calamity fall on them? Does God apportion destruction in His anger?

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