Job 21:30

28 For you say, ‘Where now is the nobleman’s house, and where are the tents in which the wicked dwell?’

29 Have you never asked those who travel the roads? Do you not accept their reports?

Indeed, the evil man is spared from the day of calamity, delivered from the day of wrath.

31 Who denounces his behavior to his face? Who repays him for what he has done?

32 He is carried to the grave, and watch is kept over his tomb.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
Indeed, the evil man is spared from the day of calamity, delivered from the day of wrath.
KJV
That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath.
WEB
that the evil man is reserved to the day of calamity, that they are led out to the day of wrath?
ASV
That the evil man is reserved to the day of calamity? That they are led forth to the day of wrath?
DARBY
That the wicked is reserved for the day of calamity? They are led forth to the day of wrath.
BLB
that from a day of calamity the evil one is held back, [and] in the day of wrath they are brought forth?
ÅB
at den onde spares på ulykkens dag, på vredens dag føres han unna.
OTB
at de onde er spart fra ulykkens dag,
og blir ført bort fra vredens dag?
B1930
at den onde spares på ulykkens dag, på vredens dag føres han unda.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Proverbs 16:4

    The LORD has made everything for His purpose— even the wicked for the day of disaster.

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  • 2 Peter 2:9–17

    if all this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and to hold the unrighteous for punishment on the day of judgment.

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  • 2 Peter 3:7

    And by that same word, the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.

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  • Job 20:28

    The possessions of his house will be removed, flowing away on the day of God’s wrath.

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  • Romans 2:5

    But because of your hard and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed.

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  • Psalms 110:5

    The Lord is at Your right hand; He will crush kings in the day of His wrath.

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  • Nahum 1:2

    The LORD is a jealous and avenging God; the LORD is avenging and full of wrath. The LORD takes vengeance on His foes and reserves wrath for His enemies.

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  • Revelation 6:17

    For the great day of Their wrath has come, and who is able to withstand it?”

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