What does Job 21:12-17 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ.
They spend their days in wealth,c and in a moment go down to the grave.
Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.
What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?
Lo, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
How oft is the candled of the wicked put out! and how oft cometh their destruction upon them! God distributeth sorrows in his anger.