Job 21:7
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Job 21:7 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Job 21:7 is a verse from the book of Job in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?" Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Job 21:7 — KJV
“Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?”
— Job 21:7 (KJV)
Job 21:7 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 21:7
“Wherefore, when I came, was there no man? when I called, was there none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem? or have I no power to deliver? behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness: their fish stinketh, because there is no water, and dieth for thirst.”
Shares key themes with Job 21:7: wherefore, live, old
“And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:”
Shares key themes with Job 21:7: live, become, old
“Wherefore the well was called Beerlahairoi; behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered. Beerlahairoi: that is, The well of him that liveth and seeth me”
Shares key themes with Job 21:7: wherefore, live, old
“And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect. perfect: or, upright, or, sincere”
Shares key themes with Job 21:7: old, yea, mighty
“And now, behold, the LORD hath kept me alive, as he said, these forty and five years, even since the LORD spake this word unto Moses, while the children of Israel wandered in the wilderness: and now, lo, I am this day fourscore and five years old. wandered: Heb. walked”
Shares key themes with Job 21:7: live, old, yea
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