Job 21:9

Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them. Neither is the rod of God upon them - They are not afflicted as other men.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Their houses are safe from fear - Margin, “peace from.” The friends of Job had maintained just the contrary; see Job 20:27-28 ; Job 15:21-24 ....
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Job 21. Job's Reply. Zophar was graphic and vigorous, but had nothing to say. Nevertheless his speech suggests to Job his next argument. The facts...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

are safe . are in peace. GOD. Hebrew Eloah. App-4.
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Mark me, and be admonished, &c.— The coldest reader cannot be insensible of the beauties of the poetry in this speech of Job. We will not, ther...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them. Literally, peace from fear: with poetic force. Their house is peace itse...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Job's Sixth Speech Zophar, like the other friends, had insisted on the certain retribution for sin which befalls the wicked in this life. Now at l...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Their houses are safe from fear. — On the contrary, Zophar had just said that “a fire not blown should consume him” ( Job 20:26 ), and Bildad (in...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

XVIII. ARE THE WAYS OF THE LORD EQUAL? Job 21:1-34 Job SPEAKS WITH less of personal distress and a more collected mind than before Job begins...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“Shall Any Teach God?” Job 21:1-34 After a brief introduction, in which he claims the right to reply, Job 21:1-6 , Job brings forward a new ar...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Here, as in the first cycle, Job answered not merely Zophar, but the whole argument. First of all, he set over against their statement and illustrati...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(8) Their seed is established in their sight with them, and their offspring before their eyes. (9) Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the ro...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Their houses [are] safe from fear ,.... Of enemies besetting them, entering into them, and pillaging and plundering them; of thieves and robbers bre...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Their houses [are] safe from fear, neither [is] the rod of God upon them. Ver. 9. Their houses are safe from fear ] Seculi laetitia est impunita...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

JOB SILENCES ZOPHAR (vv.1-34). The callous cruelty of Zophar's speech would surely cause some men to be bitterly angry, but while Job was incens...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Prosperity of the Wicked; Abuse of Earthly Prosperity. B. C. 1520....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

They neither fear nor feel any disturbance.
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

JOB’S REPLY TO ZOPHAR’S SECOND SPEECH The ungodly, instead of experiencing the miseries indicated by Zophar, often, perhaps generally, enjoy con...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Job 21:2 . Consolations. נחם nicham, though mostly translated consolation, comfort &c., as in Isaiah 40:1 ; is in several places understood...
The Biblical Illustrator

But Job answered and said. Job’s third answer There is more logic and less passion in this address than in any of Job’s preceding speeches. He...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Job 21:1-18 Job answers Zophar, as he had answered Bildad, in a single not very lengthy chapter. After a few caustic introductor...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Job Points out the Difference in Calamities Befalling Men
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Their houses are safe from fear, literally, "peace from fear," peace lives in them, and they are far removed from fear, neither is the rod of God up...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 57:19-21 ; Job 15:21 ; Job 18:11 ; Job 9:34 ; Psalms 73:19 ; Psalms 73:5

⁹ Their houses are safeb from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them.

Related Commentaries of Job 21:9

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Job 21:9