Job 21.07 “7 “Why do the
wicked still live, Continue on, also
become very powerful?”
In today’s reading, Job makes a request for
silence from his friends (Job 21.01-06).
This is a good reminder that sufferers want someone to listen, not a mouth that
condemns. Job then points out the holes in his friends’ arguments, stating that
the wicked do prosper (Job 21.07-34).
Eliphaz makes his third speech wanting Job to repent (Job 22.01-30), and Job replies to Eliphaz (Job 23.01-24.25).
Job was asking the age-old question that many
followers of God have asked, “Why do the wicked prosper?” Job refutes what his
friends have been saying that the wicked seemingly enjoy a full life (Job 15.29; Job 15.32-34; Job 18.05; Job 20.05; Job 20.08; Job 20.22), are
prosperous with no judgment from God (Job 20.23; Job
20.28-29).
Job knew that the prosperity of the wicked
wasn’t just from their own hard work; for it was ultimately provided for by
God, whom they scoffed at (Job 22.16-18;
Job 21.08-15)!
Justice is not always given out in this life.
Many times, the godless do prosper (Job
21.07-15) & the Godly suffer. Just because one prospers and another
suffers doesn’t mean they are either ungodly or Godly, they both will
eventually die (Job 21.23-26).
Judgment after death is clearly taught
throughout the Bible (Psalm 09.17; Isaiah 05.14-15; Isaiah 05.30.33; Ezekiel
32.22-25; Matthew 07.13; Matthew 25.31-46; 2Thessalonians
01.08-09; Revelation 20.15)
Paul said that the hardships of this present world are nothing compared
to the glory we will experience in the next (Romans 08.18)!
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