Job 21:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Bible Comments

Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power? Wherefore do the wicked live - You have frequently asserted that the wicked are invariably punished in this life; and that the righteous are ever distinguished by the strongest marks of God's providential kindness; how then does it come that many wicked men live long and prosperously, and at last die in peace, without any evidence whatever of God's displeasure? This is a fact that is occurring daily; none can deny it; how then will you reconcile it with your maxims?

Job 21:7

7 Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?