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Job 21:17

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”

— D.L. Moody

Scripture focus

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 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Job 21:17

Theological / Devotional

How oft. Bildad had said, “Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out” (ch. 18:5). Job now asks, How often does this really happen?

Distributeth sorrows. This line should probably be read as a question parallel with the first two lines of the verse. The thought then would be, “How oft does God distribute sorrows in His anger?”

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