Parallel Verses

NET Bible

"Why do the wicked go on living, grow old, even increase in power?

New American Standard Bible

“Why do the wicked still live,
Continue on, also become very powerful?

King James Version

Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?

Holman Bible

Why do the wicked continue to live,
growing old and becoming powerful?

International Standard Version

"Why do the wicked live to reach old age and increase in power and wealth, too?

A Conservative Version

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

American Standard Version

Wherefore do the wicked live, Become old, yea, wax mighty in power?

Amplified


“Why do the wicked still live,
Become old, and become mighty in power?

Bible in Basic English

Why is life given to the evil-doers? why do they become old and strong in power?

Darby Translation

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

Julia Smith Translation

Wherefore shall the unjust live? They grew old, also they were strong in power.

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

"Why do [the] wicked live, grow old, even grow mighty [in] power?

Modern King James verseion

Why do the wicked live? They grow old and become mighty in power.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

"Wherefore do wicked men live in health and prosperity, come to their old age, and increase in riches?

New Heart English Bible

"Why do the wicked live, become old, yes, and grow mighty in power?

The Emphasized Bible

Wherefore do, lawless men, live, advance in years, even wax mighty in power?

Webster

Why do the wicked live, become old, and, are mighty in power?

World English Bible

"Why do the wicked live, become old, yes, and grow mighty in power?

Youngs Literal Translation

Wherefore do the wicked live? They have become old, Yea, they have been mighty in wealth.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
Wherefore do the wicked
רשׁע 
Rasha` 
Usage: 263

חיה 
Chayah 
Usage: 264

עתק 
`athaq 
Usage: 9

References

Easton

Context Readings

Job's Seventh Speech: A Response To Zophar

6 For, when I think about this, I am terrified and my body feels a shudder. 7 "Why do the wicked go on living, grow old, even increase in power? 8 Their children are firmly established in their presence, their offspring before their eyes.

Cross References

Job 12:6

But the tents of robbers are peaceful, and those who provoke God are confident -- who carry their god in their hands.

Psalm 37:35

I have seen ruthless evil men growing in influence, like a green tree grows in its native soil.

Habakkuk 1:13

You are too just to tolerate evil; you are unable to condone wrongdoing. So why do you put up with such treacherous people? Why do you say nothing when the wicked devour those more righteous than they are?

Psalm 17:10

They are calloused; they speak arrogantly.

Psalm 73:3-12

For I envied those who are proud, as I observed the prosperity of the wicked.

Jeremiah 12:1-3

Lord, you have always been fair whenever I have complained to you. However, I would like to speak with you about the disposition of justice. Why are wicked people successful? Why do all dishonest people have such easy lives?

Daniel 4:17

This announcement is by the decree of the sentinels; this decision is by the pronouncement of the holy ones, so that those who are alive may understand that the Most High has authority over human kingdoms, and he bestows them on whomever he wishes. He establishes over them even the lowliest of human beings.'

Habakkuk 1:15-16

The Babylonian tyrant pulls them all up with a fishhook; he hauls them in with his throw net. When he catches them in his dragnet, he is very happy.

Revelation 13:2-7

Now the beast that I saw was like a leopard, but its feet were like a bear's, and its mouth was like a lion's mouth. The dragon gave the beast his power, his throne, and great authority to rule.

Revelation 17:2-4

with whom the kings of the earth committed sexual immorality and the earth's inhabitants got drunk with the wine of her immorality."

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