Job 21:16-18

Amplified Bible, Classic Edition

¹⁶ But notice, [you say] the prosperity of the wicked is not in their power; the mystery [of God’s dealings] with the ungodly is far from my comprehension.

¹⁷ How often [then] is it that the lamp of the wicked is put out? That their calamity comes upon them? That God distributes pains and sorrows to them in His anger?^(A)

¹⁸ That they are like stubble before the wind and like chaff that the storm steals and carries away?