That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath.
Parallel translations
- WEB that the evil man is reserved to the day of calamity, That they are led out to the day of wrath?
- BSB Indeed, the evil man is spared from the day of calamity, delivered from the day of wrath.
- NKJV For the wicked are reserved for the day of doom; They shall be brought out on the day of wrath.
- NASB “For the wicked person is spared a day of disaster; They are led away from a day of fury.
- NLT Evil people are spared in times of calamity and are allowed to escape disaster.
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Quick answer
Travelers would attest that the wicked man is often spared in the day of calamity and led safely through times of wrath. He frequently escapes the disasters that befall others.
Overview
Job's witnesses confirm that the wicked are sometimes 'reserved' from destruction rather than overtaken by it. This is the opposite of the friends' claim. The verse underscores that God's final judgment, not present circumstance, is what will set all things right, a hope brought to full clarity in the New Testament's day of the Lord.
Cross-references & the web
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- Prov 16:4The LORD hath made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.
- 2 Pet 2:9–17The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:
- Rom 2:5But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;
- 2 Pet 3:7But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.
- Job 20:28The increase of his house shall depart, and his goods shall flow away in the day of his wrath.
- Jude 1:13Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.
- Rev 6:17For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?
- Prov 11:4Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.
- Nah 1:2God is jealous, and the LORD revengeth; the LORD revengeth, and is furious; the LORD will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth wrath for his enemies.
- Zeph 1:15That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness,
- Ps 110:5The Lord at thy right hand shall strike through kings in the day of his wrath.
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