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21:1 Then Job <0347> answered <06030>: 21:2 “Listen <08085> carefully <08085> to my words <04405>; let this <02063> be the consolation <08575> you offer me. 21:3 Bear <05375> with me and I <0595> will speak <01696>, and after <0310> I have spoken <01696> you may mock <03932>. 21:4 Is my <0595> complaint <07879> against a man <0120>? If <0518> so, why <04069> should I not <03808> be impatient <07307> <07114>? 21:5 Look <06437> at <0413> me and be appalled <08074>; put <07760> your hands <03027> over <05921> your mouths <06310>. 21:6 For, when I think <02142> about this, I am terrified <0926> and my body <01320> feels <0270> a shudder <06427>. 21:7 “Why <04069> do the wicked <07563> go on living <02421>, grow old <06275>, even <01571> increase <01396> in power <02428>? 21:8 Their children <02233> are firmly established <03559> in their presence <06440>, their offspring <06631> before <05973> their eyes <05869>. 21:9 Their houses <01004> are safe <07965> and without fear <06343>; and no <03808> rod <07626> of punishment from God <0433> is upon <05921> them. 21:10 Their bulls <07794> breed <05674> without <03808> fail <01602>; their cows <06510> calve <06403> and do not <03808> miscarry <07921>. 21:11 They allow <07971> their children <05759> to run like a flock <06629>; their little ones <03206> dance about <07540>. 21:12 They sing <05375> to the accompaniment of tambourine <08596> and harp <03658>, and make merry <08055> to the sound <06963> of the flute <05748>. 21:13 They live out <01086> their years <03117> in prosperity <02896> and go down <05181> to the grave <07585> in peace <07281>. 21:14 So they say <0559> to God <0410>, ‘Turn away <05493> from <04480> us! We do not <03808> want <02654> to know <01847> your ways <01870>. 21:15 Who <04100> is the Almighty <07706>, that <03588> we should serve <05647> him? What <04100> would we gain <03276> if <03588> we were to pray <06293> to him?’ 21:16 But their prosperity <02898> is not <03808> their own doing <03027>. The counsel <06098> of the wicked <07563> is far <07368> from <04480> me!

• Job 21:1-6 -- Job's Reply to Zophar
• Job 21:7-16 -- The Wicked Prosper

• Worldliness

  [nave] WORLDLINESS. 1 Sam. 8:19, 20; Job 20:4-29; Job 21:11-15; Psa. 49:16-18; Psa. 73:2-22; Prov. 14:12, 13; Prov. 15:21; Prov. 21:17; Prov. 23:20, 21; Prov. 27:1, 7; Eccl. 1:8; Eccl. 2:1-12; Eccl. 6:11, 12; Eccl. 8:15-17; Eccl. ...
  

• Wicked

  [nave] WICKED Compared with: Abominable branches, Isa. 14:19; ashes under the feet, Mal. 4:3; bad fishes, Matt. 13:48; beasts, Psa. 49:12; 2 Pet. 2:12; the blind, Zeph. 1:17; Matt. 15:14; bronze and iron, Jer. 6:28; Ezek. 22:18; br...
  

• Rich, The

  [nave] RICH, THE: Neh. 5:1-13; Job 21:7-15; Job 27:13-23; Job 31:24, 25, 28; Psa. 49:16-18; Psa. 52:1-7; Psa. 73:3-22; Prov. 14:20; Prov. 18:11, 23; Prov. 28:11; Eccl. 5:13, 14, 19, 20; Jer. 5:7-9, 27-29; Jer. 9:23; Jer. 17:11; Je...
  

• PSYCHOLOGY

  [isbe] PSYCHOLOGY - si-kol'-o-ji: 1. Introduction: Scope of Biblical Psychology 2. Nature and Origin of the Soul 3. False Theories 4. Creationism and Traducianism 5. Trichotomy 6. Scriptural Terms 7. Pauline Expressions 8. Monism a...
  

• PATIENCE

  [isbe] PATIENCE - pa'-shens (hupomone, makrothumia): "Patience" implies suffering, enduring or waiting, as a determination of the will and not simply under necessity. As such it is an essential Christian virtue to the exercise of w...
  

• ORGAN

  [ebd] some kind of wind instrument, probably a kind of Pan's pipes (Gen. 4:21; Job 21:12; Ps. 150:4), which consisted of seven or eight reeds of unequal length.
  [smith] (Genesis 4:21; Job 21:12; 30:31; Psalms 150:4) The Hebrew word thus rendered probably denotes a pipe or perforated wind-instrument. In (Genesis 4:21) it appears to be a general term for all wind-instruments. In (Job 21:12) ar...
  

• Music, Instrumental

  [ebd] Among instruments of music used by the Hebrews a principal place is given to stringed instruments. These were, (1.) The kinnor, the "harp." (2.) The nebel, "a skin bottle," rendered "psaltery." (3.) The sabbeka, or "sackbut,...
  

• MOCK; MOCKER; MOCKING

  [isbe] MOCK; MOCKER; MOCKING - mok, mok'er, mok'-ing (hathal, la`agh, empaizo): To mock is the translation of hathal, "to play upon," "mock," "deride" (Jdg 16:10,13,15; 1 Ki 18:27, "Elijah mocked them"; Job 13:9 twice, the Revised ...
  

• Job

  [nave] JOB 1. A man who dwelt in Uz, Job 1:1. Righteousness of, Job 1:1, 5, 8; 2:3; Ezek. 14:14, 20. Riches of, Job 1:3. Trial of, by affliction of Satan, Job 1:13-19; 2:7-10. Fortitude of, Job 1:20-22; 2:10; Jas. 5:11. Visite...
  

• INTERCESSION

  [isbe] INTERCESSION - in-ter-sesh'-un (pagha`, "to make intercession"; originally "to strike upon," or "against"; then in a good sense, "to assail anyone with petitions," "to urge," and when on behalf of another, "to intercede" (Ru...
  

• Happiness

  [nave] HAPPINESS. Of the Wicked Limited to this life, Psa. 17:14; Luke 16:25; short, Job 20:5; uncertain, Luke 12:20; vain, Eccl. 2:1; 7:6. Is derived from their wealth, Job 21:13; Psa. 52:7; their power, Job 21:7; Psa. 37:35; t...
  

• HORROR

  [isbe] HORROR - hor'-er ('emah, pallatsuth): In Gen 15:12 'emah (often rendered "terror") is translated "horror," "a horror of great darkness"; pallatsuth, "trembling," "horror" (Ps 55:5; Ezek 7:18); zal`aphah, "glow," "heat" (Ps 1...
  

• HEIFER

  [smith] (1 Samuel 6:7-12; Job 21:10; Isaiah 7:21) The heifer or young cow was not commonly used for ploughing, but only for treading out the corn. (Hosea 10:11) but see Judg 14:18 When it ran about without any headstall, (26:4) he...
  

• HAND

  [isbe] HAND - (yadh, "hand"; kaph, "the hollow hand," "palm"; yamin, "the right hand"; semo'l, "the left hand"; cheir, "hand"; dexia, "the right hand"; aristera, "the left hand" (only Lk 23:33; 2 Cor 6:7), or euphemistically (for e...
  

• GOOD

  [isbe] GOOD - good (Tobh, Tubh, yaTabh; agathos, agathon, kalos, kalon): In English "good" is used in various senses, most of which are represented in the Bible. (1) In the Old Testament the commonest word is Tobh, occurring very f...
  

• GAMES

  [isbe] GAMES - gamz: I. ISRAELITISH GAMES 1. Children's Games Mimicry 2. Sports 3. Games of Chance and Skill 4. Story-Telling 5. Dancing 6. Proverbs 7. Riddles II. THE GAMES OF GREECE AND ROME 1. Historical Introduction 2. General ...
  

• Dance

  [ebd] found in Judg. 21:21, 23; Ps. 30:11; 149:3; 150:4; Jer. 31:4, 13, etc., as the translation of hul, which points to the whirling motion of Oriental sacred dances. It is the rendering of a word (rakad') which means to skip or ...
  

• CORRECTION

  [isbe] CORRECTION - ko-rek'-shun (mucar, usually rendered "instruction," is translated "correction" in several passages): The verb from which the noun is derived signifies "to instruct" or "chastise." The idea of chastisement was v...
  

• Bands

  [ebd] (1) of love (Hos. 11:4); (2) of Christ (Ps. 2:3); (3) uniting together Christ's body the church (Col. 2:19; 3:14; Eph. 4:3); (4) the emblem of the captivity of Israel (Ezek. 34:27; Isa. 28:22; 52:2); (5) of brotherhood (Ezek...
  

• Amusements and Worldly Pleasures

  [nave] AMUSEMENTS AND WORLDLY PLEASURES Belong to the works of the flesh, Gal. 5:19, 21; are transitory, Job 21:12, 13; Heb. 11:25; vain, Eccl. 2:11; choke the word of God in the heart, Luke 8:14; formed a part of idolatrous worshi...
  

• Why Do the Wicked Live On?

  

• Does the Bible speak more about Hell than Heaven?
  I've heard and read the same statement a number of times, but have never troubled myself to look up each passage. I'm not surprised that looking up "heaven" and "hell" in a concordance would give you contradictory results. T...

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