Job 21:7 Cross References - CAB

⁷ Why do the ungodly live, and grow old even in wealth?

⁶ even as many as provoke the Lord, as if there were indeed to be no inquisition made of them.

¹⁰ They have enclosed themselves with their own fat; their mouths have spoken pride.

³⁵ I saw the ungodly very highly exalting himself, and lifting himself up like the cedars of Lebanon.

³ For I was jealous of the transgressors, beholding the tranquility of sinners. ⁴ For there is no sign of reluctance in their death, and they have firmness under their affliction. ⁵ They are not in the troubles of other men; and they shall not be scourged with other men. ⁶ Therefore pride has possessed them; they have clothed themselves with their injustice and ungodliness. ⁷ Their injustice shall go forth as out of fatness; they have fulfilled their intention. ⁸ They have taken counsel and spoken in wickedness; they have uttered unrighteousness loftily. ⁹ They have set their mouth against heaven, and their tongue has gone through upon the earth. ¹⁰ Therefore shall my people return here, and full days shall be found with them. ¹¹ And they said, How does God know? And is there knowledge in the Most High? ¹² Behold, these are the sinners, and they that prosper always; they have possessed wealth.

¹ Righteous are You, O Lord, that I may make my defense to You: yet I will speak to You of judgments. Why is it that the way of the ungodly prospers? And all that deal very treacherously are flourishing? ² You have planted them, and they have taken root; they have begotten children, and become fruitful; You are near to their mouth, but far from their mind. ³ But You, O Lord, know me; You have tested my heart before You; purify them for the day of their slaughter.

¹⁷ The matter is by the decree of the watcher, and the demand is a word of the holy ones; that the living may known that the Lord is Most High over the kingdom of men, and He will give it to whomever He will, and sets it over the lowest of men.

¹³ His eye is too pure to behold evil doings, and to look upon grievous afflictions: why do You look upon despisers? Will You be silent when the ungodly swallows up the just?

¹⁵ He has brought up destruction with a hook, and drawn one with a casting net, and caught another in his drags: therefore shall his heart rejoice and be glad. ¹⁶ Therefore will he sacrifice to his drag, and burn incense to his casting net, because by them he has made his portion fat, and his meats choice.

² And the Beast which I saw was like a leopard, his feet were like the feet of a bear, and his mouth like the mouth of a lion. The dragon gave him his power, his throne, and great authority. ³ And one of his heads was as if it had been slain to death, and his wound of death was healed. And the whole world marveled after the Beast. ⁴ And they worshipped the dragon who gave authority to the Beast; and they worshipped the Beast, saying, "Who is like the beast? Who is able to make war with him?" ⁵ And a mouth was given to him speaking great things and blasphemy, and authority was given to him to make war for forty-two months. ⁶ Then he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme His name, and His dwelling, and those who dwell in heaven. ⁷ And it was granted to him to make war with the saints and to overcome them. And authority was given him over every tribe, people, language, and nation.

² with whom the kings of the earth committed fornication, and those dwelling on the earth became drunk from the wine of her fornication." ³ And he led me away in the Spirit, into a deserted place. And I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast being filled with names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. ⁴ And the woman was clothed in purple and scarlet, gilded with gold and precious stones and pearls, having in her hand a golden cup being filled with abominations and the filthiness of the fornication of the earth.