Job 21:10 Explained in Context

Verse 7. ⁷ Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?

Verse 8. ⁸ Their seed is established in their sight with them, and their offspring before their eyes.

Verse 9. ⁹ Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them.

Verse 10. ¹⁰ Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf.

Verse 11. ¹¹ They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance.

Verse 12. ¹² They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ.

Verse 13. ¹³ They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave.

Verse 14. ¹⁴ Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.

Verse 15. ¹⁵ What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?

Verse 16. ¹⁶ Lo, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.