Job 21:17

How oft is the candle of the wicked put out? and how oft commeth their destruction vpon them? God distributeth sorrowes in his anger.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan

"How often is the lamp of the wicked put out, Or does their calamity fall on them? Does God apportion destruction in His anger?
- New American Standard Version (1995)

How oft is it that the lamp of the wicked is put out? That their calamity cometh upon them? That `God' distributeth sorrows in his anger?
- American Standard Version (1901)

How frequently is the light of the evil-doers put out, or does trouble come on them? how frequently does his wrath take them with cords?
- Basic English Bible

How often is the lamp of the wicked put out? Does disaster come upon them? Does God, in His anger, apportion destruction?
- Berean Standard Bible Bible

How often is the lamp of the wicked put out, and cometh their calamity upon them? Doth he distribute sorrows [to them] in his anger?
- Darby Bible

How often shall the lamp of the wicked be put out, and a deluge come upon them, and he shall distribute the sorrows of his wrath?
- Douay-Rheims Bible

How oft is it that the lamp of the wicked is put out? that their calamity cometh upon them? that God distributeth sorrows in his anger?
- English Revised Version

How often is it that the lamp of the wicked is put out, that their calamity comes on them, that God distributes sorrows in his anger?
- World English Bible

Wesley's Notes for Job 21:17

21:17 Often - I grant that this happens often though not constantly, as you affirm. Lamp - Their glory and outward happiness.