Catholic Public Domain Version
"How often will the lamp of the wicked be extinguished, and a deluge overtake them, and how often will he distribute the afflictions of his wrath? "
— Job 21:17, Catholic Public Domain Version
“How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and how oft cometh their destruction upon them! God distributeth sorrows in his anger.”
“ How oft is it that the lamp of the wicked is put out? That their calamity cometh upon them? ThatGod distributeth sorrows in his anger? ”
“"How often is it that the lamp of the wicked is put out, that their calamity comes on them, that God distributes sorrows in his anger?”
“How Often Do the Wicked Suffer?“How often is the lamp of the wicked extinguished? How often does their misfortune come upon them? How often does God apportion pain to them in his anger?”
“How often shall the lamp of the wicked be put out, and a deluge come upon them, and he shall distribute the sorrows of his wrath?”
“How frequently is the light of the evil-doers put out, or does trouble come on them? how frequently does his wrath take them with cords?”
“How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and how oft cometh their destruction upon them! God distributeth sorrows in his anger.”
Who has said to God, “Depart from us, for we do not want the knowledge of your ways.
Who is the Almighty that we should serve him? And how is it helpful to us if we pray to him?”
It is true that their good things are not in their power. May the counsel of the impious be far from me!
How often will the lamp of the wicked be extinguished, and a deluge overtake them, and how often will he distribute the afflictions of his wrath?
They will be like chaff before the face of the wind, and like ashes that the whirlwind scatters.
God will preserve the grief of the father for his sons, and, when he repays, then he will understand.
His eyes will see his own destruction, and he will drink from the wrath of the Almighty.