17 “How often is (A)the lamp of the wicked put out,
Or does their (B)disaster fall on them?
Does [a]God apportion destruction in His anger?

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Footnotes

  1. Job 21:17 Lit He

17 “Yet how often is the lamp of the wicked snuffed out?(A)
    How often does calamity(B) come upon them,
    the fate God allots in his anger?(C)

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The (A)light of the righteous [a]rejoices,
But the (B)lamp of the wicked goes out.

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  1. Proverbs 13:9 I.e., shines brightly

The light of the righteous shines brightly,
    but the lamp of the wicked is snuffed out.(A)

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20 He who (A)curses his father or his mother,
His (B)lamp will go out in time of darkness.

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20 If someone curses their father or mother,(A)
    their lamp will be snuffed out in pitch darkness.(B)

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20 For (A)there will be no [a](B)future for the evil person;
The (C)lamp of the wicked will be put out.

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  1. Proverbs 24:20 Lit latter end

20 for the evildoer has no future hope,
    and the lamp of the wicked will be snuffed out.(A)

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