Job 21:17
Modern Translations
New International Version
"Yet how often is the lamp of the wicked snuffed out? How often does calamity come upon them, the fate God allots in his anger?

New Living Translation
“Yet the light of the wicked never seems to be extinguished. Do they ever have trouble? Does God distribute sorrows to them in anger?

English Standard Version
“How often is it that the lamp of the wicked is put out? That their calamity comes upon them? That God distributes pains in his anger?

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

New American Standard Bible
“How often is the lamp of the wicked put out, Or does their disaster fall on them? Does God apportion destruction in His anger?

NASB 1995
"How often is the lamp of the wicked put out, Or does their calamity fall on them? Does God apportion destruction in His anger?

NASB 1977
“How often is the lamp of the wicked put out, Or does their calamity fall on them? Does God apportion destruction in His anger?

Amplified Bible
“How often [then] is it that the lamp of the wicked is put out, And that their disaster falls on them? Does God distribute pain and destruction and sorrow [to them] in His anger?

Christian Standard Bible
How often is the lamp of the wicked put out? Does disaster come on them? Does he apportion destruction in his anger?

Holman Christian Standard Bible
How often is the lamp of the wicked put out? Does disaster come on them? Does He apportion destruction in His anger?

Contemporary English Version
How often does God become angry and send disaster and darkness to punish sinners?

Good News Translation
Was a wicked person's light ever put out? Did one of them ever meet with disaster? Did God ever punish the wicked in anger

GOD'S WORD® Translation
"How often is the lamp of the wicked snuffed out? How often does disaster happen to them? How often does an angry God give them pain?

International Standard Version
"How often do the wicked have their lights put out? Does calamity ever fall on them? Will God in his anger ever apportion their destruction?

NET Bible
"How often is the lamp of the wicked extinguished? How often does their misfortune come upon them? How often does God apportion pain to them in his anger?
Classic Translations
King James Bible
How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and how oft cometh their destruction upon them! God distributeth sorrows in his anger.

New King James Version
“How often is the lamp of the wicked put out? How often does their destruction come upon them, The sorrows God distributes in His anger?

King James 2000 Bible
How often is the lamp of the wicked put out! and how often comes their destruction upon them! God distributes sorrows in his anger.

New Heart English Bible
"How often is it that the lamp of the wicked is put out, that their calamity comes on them, that he distributes sorrows in his anger?

World English Bible
"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?

American King James Version
How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and how oft comes their destruction on them! God distributes sorrows in his anger.

American Standard Version
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?

A Faithful Version
How often is the lamp of the wicked put out, and their trouble comes upon them! He distributes destruction in His anger;

Darby Bible Translation
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?

English Revised Version
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?

Webster's Bible Translation
How oft is the candle of the wicked put out? and how oft cometh their destruction upon them? God distributeth sorrows in his anger.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
How oft shal the candle of the wicked be put out? and their destruction come vpon them? he wil deuide their liues in his wrath.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
How oft shall the candell of the wicked be put out, and their destruction come vpon them? O what sorowe shall God geue them for their part in his wrath?

Coverdale Bible of 1535
How oft shal the candle of ye wicked be put out? how oft commeth their destruccion vpon them? O what sorowe shall God geue them for their parte in his wrath?
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
How often is the lamp of the wicked extinguished, "" And their calamity comes on them? He apportions pangs in His anger.

Young's Literal Translation
How oft is the lamp of the wicked extinguished, And come on them doth their calamity? Pangs He apportioneth in His anger.

Smith's Literal Translation
How often the light of the unjust shall be extinguished, and their destruction will come upon them. He will distribute pains in his anger.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims 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?

Catholic Public Domain Version
How often will the lamp of the wicked be extinguished, and a deluge overtake them, and how often will he distribute the afflictions of his wrath?

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
How often the lamps of the wicked will be extinguished, and ruin will come upon them! He will distribute corruption in his anger!

Lamsa Bible
How often is it that the wicked are left without an heir! how often their destruction comes upon them! God distributes sorrows in his anger.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
How oft is it that the lamp of the wicked is put out? That their calamity cometh upon them? That He distributeth pains in His anger?

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Nevertheless, the lamp of the ungodly also shall be put out, and destruction shall come upon them, and pangs of vengeance shall seize them.
















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