The Meaning of Job 21:9 Explained

Job 21:9

KJV: Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them.

YLT: Their houses are peace without fear, Nor is a rod of God upon them.

Darby: Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of +God upon them.

ASV: Their houses are safe from fear, Neither is the rod of God upon them.

Discover Job 21:9

CONTEXT: What is the Context of Job 21:9?

MEANING: What does Job 21:9 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Job 21:9 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Job 21:9?

What is the context of Job 21:9?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Their houses [are] safe from fear, neither [is] the rod of God upon them.

What does Job 21:9 Mean?

Context Summary

Job 21:1-34 - "shall Any Teach God?"

After a brief introduction, in which he claims the right to reply, Job 21:1-6, Job brings forward a new argument. He affirms that his friends are wrong in assuming that the connection between sin and suffering is invariable. On the contrary, he urges that wicked men often spend their lives in prosperity, on the farm, in the fold, and in the home, Job 21:10-11. Sounds of joy issue from their dwellings, Job 21:12. They die without prolonged torture, Job 21:13. From the contention of his friends, Job turns to the passer-by for confirmation of his words. Surely, he says, it is a matter of common observation that some wicked men do prosper and die in peace, Job 21:29.

With Job's answer the second colloquy ends. His friends have gained nothing by their arguments, but Job has learned much by his afflictions. On the dark background of his night the Morning Star has actually begun to shine. He appeals to God with greater confidence and even finds refuge in Him; but so far, though arguing his case, he has preserved a humble and reverent attitude. [source]

Chapter Summary: Job 21

¹ Job shows that even in the judgment of man he has reason to be grieved
⁷ Sometimes the wicked prosper, though they despise God
¹⁶ Sometimes their destruction is manifest
²¹ The happy and unhappy are alike in death
²⁷ The judgment of the wicked is in another world

What do the individual words in Job 21:9 mean?

Their houses [are] safe from fear and neither [is] the rod of God upon them

בָּתֵּיהֶ֣ם שָׁל֣וֹם מִפָּ֑חַד וְלֹ֤א שֵׁ֖בֶט אֱל֣וֹהַּ עֲלֵיהֶֽם

בָּתֵּיהֶ֣ם	Their houses [are]
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine plural Root: בַּיִת Sense: house.
שָׁל֣וֹם	safe
Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: שָׁלֹום Sense: completeness, soundness, welfare, peace.
מִפָּ֑חַד	from fear
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, masculine singular Root: פַּחַד Sense: terror, dread.
וְלֹ֤א	and neither
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Adverb, Negative particle Root: הֲלֹא Sense: not, no.
שֵׁ֖בֶט	[is] the rod
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct Root: שֵׁבֶט Sense: rod, staff, branch, offshoot, club, sceptre, tribe.
אֱל֣וֹהַּ	of God
Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: אֱלֹוהַּ Sense: God.
עֲלֵיהֶֽם	upon them
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine plural Root: עַל Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against.

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