How oft is the candle of the wicked put out? — This and the following verse are either a concession on the part of Job, as much as to say, “I admit that it is as you say with the wicked;” or else they should be read interrogatively, “How often is it that we do see this? “
Related Commentaries of Job 21:17
Job 21:17
17 How oft is the candled of the wicked put out! and how oft cometh their destruction upon them! God distributeth sorrows in his anger.