Job 21:17
Parallel Translations


NASB: "How often is the lamp of the wicked put out, Or does their calamity fall on them? Does God apportion destruction in His anger? (NASB ©1995)
GWT: "How often is the lamp of the wicked snuffed out? How often does disaster happen to them? How often does an angry God give them pain? (GOD'S WORD®)
KJV: How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and how oft cometh their destruction upon them! God distributeth sorrows in his anger.
ASV: How oft is it that the lamp of the wicked is put out? That their calamity cometh upon them? That God distributeth sorrows in his anger?
BBE: How frequently is the light of the evil-doers put out, or does trouble come on them? how frequently does his wrath take them with cords?
DBY: How often is the lamp of the wicked put out, and cometh their calamity upon them? Doth he distribute sorrows to them in his anger?
JPS: How oft is it that the lamp of the wicked is put out? that their calamity cometh upon them? that He distributeth pains in His anger?
WBS: How oft is the candle of the wicked put out? and how oft cometh their destruction upon them? God distributeth sorrows in his anger.
WEB: "How often is it that the lamp of the wicked is put out, that their calamity comes on them, that God distributes sorrows in his anger?
YLT: How oft is the lamp of the wicked extinguished, And come on them doth their calamity? Pangs He apportioneth in His anger.

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