Their homes are safe from fear; no rod of punishment from God is upon them.
Parallel translations
- WEB Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them.
- KJV Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them.
- NKJV Their houses are safe from fear, Neither is the rod of God upon them.
- NASB Their houses are safe from fear, And the rod of God is not on them.
- NLT Their homes are safe from every fear, and God does not punish them.
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Quick answer
The homes of the wicked are safe and untroubled, and God's chastening 'rod' does not fall on them. Their lives seem free from the judgments the friends predicted.
Overview
Job presses the contrast: the punishment his friends say the wicked must suffer often does not appear. Their households dwell in peace and security. Job is not denying God's justice but insisting it does not operate on the immediate, mechanical schedule his friends assume; final reckoning belongs to God's timing.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 6
- Ps 73:5They are free of the burdens others carry; they are not afflicted like other men.
- Job 9:34Let Him remove His rod from me, so that His terror will no longer frighten me.
- Job 15:21Sounds of terror fill his ears; in his prosperity the destroyer attacks him.
- Ps 73:19How suddenly they are laid waste, completely swept away by terrors!
- Job 18:11Terrors frighten him on every side and harass his every step.
- Isa 57:19–21bringing praise to their lips. Peace, peace to those far and near,” says the LORD, “and I will heal them.”
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