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Job 21:21

21:20 His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
For what pleasure hath he in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off in the midst?

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For what does he care for his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off?

For what pleasure hath he in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off in the midst?

For what pleasure has he in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off in the middle?

21:22 Shall any teach God knowledge? seeing he judgeth those that are high.

What does Job 21:21 mean?

Job 21:21 is a verse in the book of Job, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include חֵפֶץ (chêphets), בַּיִת (bayith), אַחַר (ʼachar). It connects to 7 cross-referenced passages elsewhere in Scripture.

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For
what
pleasureחֵפֶץchêphets/khay'-fets/H2656pleasure; hence (abstractly) desire; concretely, a valuable thing; hence (by extension) a matter (as something in mind)
hath
he
in
his
houseבַּיִתbayith/bah'-yith/H1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
afterאַחַרʼachar/akh-ar'/H310properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
him,
when
the
numberמִסְפָּרmiçpâr/mis-pawr'/H4557a number, definite (arithmetical) or indefinite (large, innumerable; small, a few); also (abstractly) narration
of
his
monthsחֹדֶשׁchôdesh/kho'-desh/H2320the new moon; by implication, a month
is
cut
off
in
the
midst?חָצַץchâtsats/khaw-tsats'/H2686properly, to chop into, pierce or sever; hence, to curtail, to distribute (into ranks); to shoot an arrow

Commentary on Job 21:21

HENRY_FULL · Job 21:21
his three friends; but, it seems he had not: in this chapter they begin a second attack upon him, each of them charging him afresh with as much vehemence as before. It is natural to us to be fond of our own sentiments, and therefore to be firm to them, and with difficulty to be brought to recede from them. Eliphaz here keeps close to the principles upon which he had condemned Job, and, I. He reproves him for justifying himself, and fathers on him many evil things which are unfairly inferred thence, ver. 2-13 . II. He persuades him to humble himself before God and to take shame to himself, ver. 14-16 . III. He reads him a long lecture concerning the woeful estate of wicked people, who harden their hearts against God and the judgments which are prepared for them, ver. 17-35 . A good use may be made both of his reproofs (for they are plain) and of his doctrine (for it is sound), though both the one and the other are misapplied to Job. Second Address of Eliphaz. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said, 2 Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the ea

Cross-references

Related passages from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Job 6:26

Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, which are as wind?

Job 8:2

How long wilt thou speak these things? and how long shall the words of thy mouth be like a strong wind?

Job 11:2

Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be justified? full: Heb. of lips

Job 11:3

Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed? lies: or, devices

Job 13:2

What ye know, the same do I know also: I am not inferior unto you.

Hosea 12:1

Ephraim feedeth on wind, and followeth after the east wind: he daily increaseth lies and desolation; and they do make a covenant with the Assyrians, and oil is carried into Egypt.

James 3:13

Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom.

Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Job 21:21.

Genesis 18:19

For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.

Genesis 34:30

And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me to make me to stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and I being few in number, they shall gather themselves together against me, and slay me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my house.

Numbers 1:18

And they assembled all the congregation together on the first day of the second month, and they declared their pedigrees after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, by their polls.

Numbers 3:22

Those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, even those that were numbered of them were seven thousand and five hundred.

Numbers 3:28

In the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, were eight thousand and six hundred, keeping the charge of the sanctuary.

Numbers 3:34

And those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, were six thousand and two hundred.

Numbers 3:40

And the LORD said unto Moses, Number all the firstborn of the males of the children of Israel from a month old and upward, and take the number of their names.

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What does Job 21:21 say?

Job 21:21 (King James Version) reads: "For what pleasure hath he in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off in the midst?"

Is Job 21:21 in the Old or New Testament?

Job 21:21 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Job.

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