Job 21:7 Cross References - ACV

⁷ Why do the wicked live, become old, yea, grow mighty in power?

⁶ The tents of robbers prosper, and those who provoke God are secure. Into whose hand God brings abundantly.

¹⁰ They are enclosed in their own fat. With their mouth they speak proudly.

³⁵ I have seen a wicked man in great power, and spreading himself like a green tree in its native soil.

³ For I was envious of the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. ⁴ For there are no pangs in their death, but their strength is firm. ⁵ They are not in trouble as other men, nor are they plagued like other men. ⁶ Therefore pride is as a chain around their neck. Violence covers them as a garment. ⁷ Their eyes stand out with fatness. They have more than heart could wish. ⁸ They scoff, and in wickedness utter oppression. They speak loftily. ⁹ They have set their mouth in the heavens, and their tongue walks through the earth. ¹⁰ Therefore his people return here, and waters of a full cup are drained by them. ¹¹ And they say, How does God know? And is there knowledge in the Most High? ¹² Behold, these are the wicked, and those who always prosper. They have possessed wealth.

¹ Thou are righteous, O LORD, when I contend with thee. Yet I would reason the case with thee. Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why are all those at ease who deal very treacherously? ² Thou have planted them. Yea, they have taken root, they grow. Yea, they bring forth fruit. Thou are near in their mouth, and far from their heart. ³ But thou, O LORD, know me. Thou see me, and try my heart toward thee. Pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and prepare them for the day of slaughter.

¹⁷ The sentence is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the word of the holy ones, to the intent that the living may know that the Most High rules in the kingdom of men, and gives it to whomever he will, and sets up over it the lowest of men.

¹³ Thou who are of purer eyes than to behold evil, and who cannot look on perverseness, why do thou look upon those who deal treacherously, and hold thy peace when the wicked man swallows up the man who is more righteous than he,

¹⁵ He takes all of them up with the hook. He catches them in his net, and gathers them in his drag. Therefore he rejoices and is glad. ¹⁶ Therefore he sacrifices to his net, and burns incense to his drag, because by them his portion is fat, and his food plentiful.

² And the beast that I saw was similar to a leopard. And its feet were like a bear, and its mouth like the mouth of a lion. And the dragon gave to it his power, and his throne, and great authority. ³ And one of its heads was as in death, having been killed. And its deadly wound was healed. And the whole earth marveled behind the beast. ⁴ And they worshiped the dragon who gave authority to the beast. And they worshiped the beast, saying, Who is like the beast, and who is able to war against it? ⁵ And a mouth was given to it speaking great things and blasphemy. And authority was given it to make war forty-two months. ⁶ And it opened its mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name and his tabernacle, those who dwell in heaven. ⁷ And it was given it to make war with the sanctified, and to overcome them. And authority over every tribe and people and tongue and nation was given to it.

² with whom the kings of the earth fornicated, and those who inhabit the earth were made drunken with the wine of her fornication. ³ And he carried me away in spirit into a wilderness. And I saw a woman sitting upon a scarlet-colored beast containing names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. ⁴ And the woman was clothed in purple and scarlet, adorned with gold and precious stone and pearls, having in her hand a golden cup containing abominations and the filthy things of her fornication,