Passage Research
Job 21 — Sermon Preparation
Below is a research summary for Job 21, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
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- verses
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- Hebrew words / lemmas
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- classic sermon excerpts
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- preachers & commentators
Job 21 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| רָשָׁע | râshâʻ | H7563 | 4 | wrong, bad |
| יָבַל | yâbal | H2986 | 2 | flow, bring |
| אֵיד | ʼêyd | H343 | 2 | oppression, misfortune |
| דֶּרֶךְ | derek | H1870 | 3 | road, trodden |
| שַׁדַּי | Shadday | H7706 | 2 | Almighty |
| אֱלוֹהַּ | ʼĕlôwahh | H433 | 2 | deity, Deity |
| דַּעַת | daʻath | H1847 | 2 | knowledge |
How preachers through history handled this text
7 public-domain excerpts on Job 21, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“Job says, Remarkable judgments are sometimes brought upon notorious sinners, but not always. Wherefore is it so? This is the day of God's patience; and, in some way or other, he makes use of the prosperity of the wicked to serve his own counsels, while it ripens them for ruin; but the chief reason is, because he will make it appear there is another world. These prospering sinners make light of God and religion, as if because they have so much of this world, they had no need to look after another. But religion is not a vain thing. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Job 21:7–16 (Public Domain)
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