Job 21:21
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Job 21:21 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Job 21:21 is a verse from the book of Job in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "For what pleasure hath he in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off in the midst?" Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Job 21:21 — KJV
“For what pleasure hath he in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off in the midst?”
— Job 21:21 (KJV)
Job 21:21 in Context — About the Book of Job
Job is the Bible's deepest wrestle with undeserved suffering. A blameless man loses everything, sits in ashes, and refuses easy answers — from his friends or himself. God answers from the whirlwind not with explanations but with Himself, and Job's fortunes are restored double.
Cross-References for Job 21:21
“And Moses and Aaron and the chief of the congregation numbered the sons of the Kohathites after their families, and after the house of their fathers,”
Shares key themes with Job 21:21: hath, house, after
“When the LORD thy God hath cut off the nations, whose land the LORD thy God giveth thee, and thou succeedest them, and dwellest in their cities, and in their houses; succeedest: Heb. inheritest, or, possessest”
Shares key themes with Job 21:21: hath, house, cut
“When a man hath taken a wife, and married her, and it come to pass that she find no favour in his eyes, because he hath found some uncleanness in her: then let him write her a bill of divorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house. some...: Heb. matter of nakedness divorcement: Heb. cutting off”
Shares key themes with Job 21:21: hath, house, cut
“And stay ye not, but pursue after your enemies, and smite the hindmost of them; suffer them not to enter into their cities: for the LORD your God hath delivered them into your hand. smite...: Heb. cut off the tail”
Shares key themes with Job 21:21: hath, after, cut
“But also thou shalt not cut off thy kindness from my house for ever: no, not when the LORD hath cut off the enemies of David every one from the face of the earth.”
Shares key themes with Job 21:21: hath, house, cut
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