that the evil man is reserved to the day of calamity, That they are led out to the day of wrath?
Parallel translations
- KJV That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they shall be brought forth 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 16:4Yahweh has made everything for its own end — yes, even the wicked for the day of evil.
- 2 Pet 2:9–17the Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptation and to keep the unrighteous under punishment for the day of judgment;
- Rom 2:5But according to your hardness and unrepentant heart you are treasuring up for yourself wrath in the day of wrath, revelation, and of the righteous judgment of God;
- 2 Pet 3:7But the heavens that now are, and the earth, by the same word have been stored up for fire, being reserved against the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.
- Job 20:28The increase of his house shall depart. They shall rush away in the day of his wrath.
- Jude 1:13wild waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, for whom the blackness of darkness has been reserved forever.
- Rev 6:17for the great day of his wrath has come; and who is able to stand?”
- Prov 11:4Riches don’t profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.
- Nah 1:2Yahweh is a jealous God and avenges. Yahweh avenges and is full of wrath. Yahweh takes vengeance on his adversaries, and he maintains wrath against his enemies.
- Zeph 1:15That day is a day of wrath, a day of distress and anguish, a day of trouble and ruin, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness,
- Ps 110:5The Lord is at your right hand. He will crush kings in the day of his wrath.
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