Bible verse
Why do the wicked live on, growing old and increasing in power?
Job 21:7 · BSB
The verses around it, from Job 21.
3 Bear with me while I speak; then, after I have spoken, you may go on mocking.
4 Is my complaint against a man? Then why should I not be impatient?
5 Look at me and be appalled; put your hand over your mouth.
6 When I remember, terror takes hold, and my body trembles in horror.
7 Why do the wicked live on, growing old and increasing in power?
8 Their descendants are established around them, and their offspring before their eyes.
9 Their homes are safe from fear; no rod of punishment from God is upon them.
10 Their bulls breed without fail; their cows bear calves and do not miscarry.
11 They send forth their little ones like a flock; their children skip about,
KJV
Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?
ASV
Wherefore do the wicked live, Become old, yea, wax mighty in power?
ERV
Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, wax mighty in power?
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