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class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/job/21.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />They see their children established around them, their offspring before their eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/job/21.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />They live to see their children grow up and settle down, and they enjoy their grandchildren.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/job/21.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Their offspring are established in their presence, and their descendants before their eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/job/21.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Their descendants are established around them, and their offspring before their eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/job/21.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Their seed is established in their sight with them, and their offspring before their eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/job/21.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Their descendants are established with them in their sight, And their offspring before their eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/job/21.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Their descendants endure with them in their sight, And their offspring before their eyes,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/job/21.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Their descendants are established with them in their sight, And their offspring before their eyes,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/job/21.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Their descendants are established with them in their sight, And their offspring before their eyes,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/job/21.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Their seed is established with them in their presence, And their offspring before their eyes,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/job/21.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“Their children <i>and</i> descendants are established with them in their sight, And their offspring before their eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/job/21.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Their children are established while they are still alive, and their descendants, before their eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/job/21.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Their children are established while they are still alive, and their descendants, before their eyes. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/job/21.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Their seed is established with them in their sight, And their offspring before their eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/job/21.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Why are they allowed to see their children grow up? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/job/21.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Their seed is established with them in their sight, and their offspring before their eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/job/21.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />They see their children firmly established with them, and they get to see their descendants.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/job/21.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />They have children and grandchildren, and live to watch them all grow up. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/job/21.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Their children grow up while they're alive, and they live to see their grandchildren.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/job/21.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Their descendants are established around them, and their offspring before their eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/job/21.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Their children are firmly established in their presence, their offspring before their eyes. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/job/21.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Their child is established with them in their sight, their offspring before their eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/job/21.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Their seed is established in their sight with them, and their offspring before their eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/job/21.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Their child is established with them in their sight, their offspring before their eyes. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/job/21.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Their seed is established, "" Before their face with them, "" And their offspring before their eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/job/21.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Their seed is established, Before their face with them, And their offspring before their eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/job/21.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Their seed was established before their face with them, and their offspring before their eyes.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/job/21.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Their seed continueth before them, a multitude of kinsmen, and of children's children in their sight. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/job/21.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />They see their offspring continue before them: a commotion of close relatives and of children’s children in their sight.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/job/21.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Their progeny is secure in their sight; their offspring are before their eyes. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/job/21.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Their children are established in their presence, and their offspring before their eyes.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/job/21.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Their descendants are established in their sight with them, and their children before their eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/job/21.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Their seed are established before them, and their children in their sight<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/job/21.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Their seed is established in their sight with them, And their offspring before their eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/job/21.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Their seed is according to <i>their</i> desire, and their children are in <i>their</i> sight.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/job/21-8.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XAwuD5NuZq0?start=3211" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/job/21.htm">Job: God will Punish the Wicked</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">7</span>Why do the wicked live on, growing old and increasing in power? <span class="reftext">8</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/2233.htm" title="2233: zar·‘ām (N-msc:: 3mp) -- A sowing, seed, offspring. From zara'; seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity.">Their descendants</a> <a href="/hebrew/3559.htm" title="3559: nā·ḵō·wn (V-Nifal-Prtcpl-ms) -- A primitive root; properly, to be erect; hence to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal, or figurative.">are established</a> <a href="/hebrew/5973.htm" title="5973: ‘im·mām (Prep:: 3mp) -- From amam; adverb or preposition, with, in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix.">around them,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440: lip̄·nê·hem (Prep-l:: N-mpc:: 3mp) -- Face, faces. Plural of an unused noun; the face; used in a great variety of applications; also as a preposition."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6631.htm" title="6631: wə·ṣe·’ĕ·ṣā·’ê·hem (Conj-w:: N-mpc:: 3mp) -- Issue, offspring, produce. From yatsa'; issue, i.e. Produce, children.">and their offspring</a> <a href="/hebrew/5869.htm" title="5869: lə·‘ê·nê·hem (Prep-l:: N-cdc:: 3mp) -- An eye. Probably a primitive word; an eye; by analogy, a fountain.">before their eyes.</a> </span><span class="reftext">9</span>Their homes are safe from fear; no rod of punishment from God is upon them.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/73-3.htm">Psalm 73:3-5</a></span><br />For I envied the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. / They have no struggle in their death; their bodies are well-fed. / They are free of the burdens others carry; they are not afflicted like other men.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/12-1.htm">Jeremiah 12:1-2</a></span><br />Righteous are You, O LORD, when I plead before You. Yet about Your judgments I wish to contend with You: Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all the faithless live at ease? / You planted them, and they have taken root. They have grown and produced fruit. You are ever on their lips, but far from their hearts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ecclesiastes/8-12.htm">Ecclesiastes 8:12-13</a></span><br />Although a sinner does evil a hundred times and still lives long, yet I also know that it will go well with those who fear God, who are reverent in His presence. / Yet because the wicked do not fear God, it will not go well with them, and their days will not lengthen like a shadow.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/37-35.htm">Psalm 37:35-36</a></span><br />I have seen a wicked, ruthless man flourishing like a well-rooted native tree, / yet he passed away and was no more; though I searched, he could not be found.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/malachi/3-15.htm">Malachi 3:15</a></span><br />So now we call the arrogant blessed. Not only do evildoers prosper, they even test God and escape.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/17-14.htm">Psalm 17:14</a></span><br />from such men, O LORD, by Your hand—from men of the world whose portion is in this life. May You fill the bellies of Your treasured ones and satisfy their sons, so they leave their abundance to their children.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/49-11.htm">Psalm 49:11-13</a></span><br />Their graves are their eternal homes—their dwellings for endless generations—even though their lands were their namesakes. / But a man, despite his wealth, cannot endure; he is like the beasts that perish. / This is the fate of the foolish and their followers who endorse their sayings. Selah<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/3-33.htm">Proverbs 3:33</a></span><br />The curse of the LORD is on the house of the wicked, but He blesses the home of the righteous.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/57-1.htm">Isaiah 57:1-2</a></span><br />The righteous perish, and no one takes it to heart; devout men are taken away, while no one considers that the righteous are taken away from the presence of evil. / Those who walk uprightly enter into peace; they find rest, lying down in death.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/92-7.htm">Psalm 92:7</a></span><br />that though the wicked sprout like grass, and all evildoers flourish, they will be forever destroyed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/16-25.htm">Luke 16:25</a></span><br />But Abraham answered, ‘Child, remember that during your lifetime you received your good things, while Lazarus received bad things. But now he is comforted here, while you are in agony.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/5-45.htm">Matthew 5:45</a></span><br />that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/5-5.htm">James 5:5</a></span><br />You have lived on earth in luxury and self-indulgence. You have fattened your hearts in the day of slaughter.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_timothy/6-9.htm">1 Timothy 6:9-10</a></span><br />Those who want to be rich, however, fall into temptation and become ensnared by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction. / For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. By craving it, some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/2-4.htm">Romans 2:4-5</a></span><br />Or do you disregard the riches of His kindness, tolerance, and patience, not realizing that God’s kindness leads you to repentance? / 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.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Their seed is established in their sight with them, and their offspring before their eyes.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/5-3.htm">Job 5:3,4</a></b></br> I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/18-19.htm">Job 18:19</a></b></br> He shall neither have son nor nephew among his people, nor any remaining in his dwellings.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/20-10.htm">Job 20:10,28</a></b></br> His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/job/15-35.htm">Child</a> <a href="/job/20-10.htm">Children</a> <a href="/job/18-19.htm">Descendants</a> <a href="/job/12-19.htm">Established</a> <a href="/job/19-27.htm">Eyes</a> <a href="/job/17-12.htm">Face</a> <a href="/job/19-17.htm">Offspring</a> <a href="/job/17-12.htm">Presence</a> <a href="/job/5-25.htm">Seed</a> <a href="/job/19-15.htm">Sight</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/job/22-9.htm">Child</a> <a href="/job/21-11.htm">Children</a> <a href="/job/27-14.htm">Descendants</a> <a href="/job/22-28.htm">Established</a> <a href="/job/21-20.htm">Eyes</a> <a href="/job/21-31.htm">Face</a> <a href="/job/27-14.htm">Offspring</a> <a href="/job/23-15.htm">Presence</a> <a href="/job/21-10.htm">Seed</a> <a href="/job/25-5.htm">Sight</a><div class="vheading2">Job 21</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/21-1.htm">Job shows that even in the judgment of man he has reason to be grieved</a></span><br><span class="reftext">7. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/21-7.htm">Sometimes the wicked prosper, though they despise God</a></span><br><span class="reftext">16. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/21-16.htm">Sometimes their destruction is manifest</a></span><br><span class="reftext">21. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/21-21.htm">The happy and unhappy are alike in death</a></span><br><span class="reftext">27. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/21-27.htm">The judgment of the wicked is in another world</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/21.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/job/21.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Their descendants are established around them</b><br>This phrase reflects the prosperity and stability often associated with the wicked in the context of Job's discourse. In ancient Near Eastern culture, having descendants was a sign of divine favor and blessing. The idea of descendants being "established" suggests a sense of permanence and security, which contrasts with the suffering of the righteous like Job. This theme is echoed in <a href="/psalms/37-35.htm">Psalm 37:35-36</a>, where the wicked are seen flourishing like a green tree. Theologically, this challenges the retribution principle, which posits that righteousness leads to blessing and wickedness to suffering.<p><b>and their offspring before their eyes</b><br>The presence of offspring "before their eyes" indicates not only the joy of seeing one's lineage continue but also the immediate, visible evidence of prosperity. In biblical times, witnessing the growth and success of one's children was a significant source of pride and fulfillment. This imagery contrasts with Job's own loss of his children (<a href="/job/1-18.htm">Job 1:18-19</a>), highlighting the depth of his lament. Theologically, this raises questions about divine justice and the apparent prosperity of the wicked, a theme also explored in <a href="/ecclesiastes/8-14.htm">Ecclesiastes 8:14</a>. The phrase underscores the tension between human perception of justice and the mysterious ways of God.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/job.htm">Job</a></b><br>The central figure in the Book of Job, a man of great faith and integrity who undergoes severe trials and suffering. In this chapter, Job is responding to his friends' arguments about the prosperity of the wicked.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/job's_friends.htm">Job's Friends</a></b><br>Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar, who have been arguing that suffering is a result of sin, and prosperity is a sign of righteousness. Job challenges their simplistic view of divine justice.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_wicked.htm">The Wicked</a></b><br>In this context, Job refers to those who live in apparent prosperity and security despite their unrighteousness, challenging the notion that only the righteous prosper.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/u/uz.htm">Uz</a></b><br>The land where Job lived, often associated with the region east of Israel, possibly in Edom or northern Arabia.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The ultimate judge and sovereign over all creation, whose ways and reasons are often beyond human understanding.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/u/understanding_apparent_injustice.htm">Understanding Apparent Injustice</a></b><br><a href="/job/21-8.htm">Job 21:8</a> challenges us to grapple with the reality that the wicked can appear to prosper. This should lead us to trust in God's ultimate justice and timing, rather than relying solely on immediate circumstances.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_illusion_of_security.htm">The Illusion of Security</a></b><br>The security of the wicked's descendants is temporary and deceptive. True security is found in a relationship with God, not in earthly prosperity.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/faith_in_god's_sovereignty.htm">Faith in God's Sovereignty</a></b><br>Believers are called to maintain faith in God's sovereignty, even when His ways are not immediately clear. This trust is rooted in the character of God as revealed throughout Scripture.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/e/eternal_perspective.htm">Eternal Perspective</a></b><br>Christians are encouraged to adopt an eternal perspective, recognizing that earthly prosperity is fleeting, and true reward is found in eternal life with God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_suffering.htm">The Role of Suffering</a></b><br>Suffering is not always a direct result of personal sin. It can be a means through which God refines and strengthens faith, as seen in Job's life.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_job_21.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Job 21</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_reconcile_benjamin's_lineages.htm">In 1 Chronicles 8:1-2, how can these names and lineages of Benjamin be reconciled with variations in other Old Testament genealogies?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/who_are_the_'sons_of_god'_in_gen_6_1-4.htm">Who were the 'sons of God' in Genesis 6:1-4?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_is_god's_wrath_reconciled_with_love.htm">Psalm 21:8-10: How can the depiction of God's fiery wrath be reconciled with other scriptures portraying God as loving and merciful?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_job_12_23-25_clash_with_free_will.htm">In Job 12:23-25, does the depiction of God as actively causing nations to stumble clash with the Bible's emphasis on human free will and moral accountability?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/job/21.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(8) <span class= "bld">Their seed is established in their sight.</span>--Not only are they mighty in power themselves, but they leave their power to their children after them (comp. <a href="/psalms/17-14.htm" title="From men which are your hand, O LORD, from men of the world, which have their portion in this life, and whose belly you fill with your hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes.">Psalm 17:14</a>). This contradicts what Eliphaz had said (<a href="/job/15-34.htm" title="For the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate, and fire shall consume the tabernacles of bribery.">Job 15:34</a>), what Bildad had said (<a href="/job/18-19.htm" title="He shall neither have son nor nephew among his people, nor any remaining in his dwellings.">Job 18:19</a>), and what Zophar had said (<a href="/job/20-10.htm" title="His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods.">Job 20:10</a>).<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/job/21.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 8.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Their seed is established in their sight with them</span> (comp. <a href="/psalms/17-14.htm">Psalm 17:14</a>; and see below, <a href="/job/27-14.htm">Job 27:14</a>). It could scarcely be doubted that the wicked had as many children as the righteous, and often established them in posts of honour and emolument. And their offspring before their eyes. A pleonastic repetition. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/job/21-8.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Their descendants</span><br /><span class="heb">זַרְעָ֤ם</span> <span class="translit">(zar·‘ām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2233.htm">Strong's 2233: </a> </span><span class="str2">Seed, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity</span><br /><br /><span class="word">are established</span><br /><span class="heb">נָכ֣וֹן</span> <span class="translit">(nā·ḵō·wn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3559.htm">Strong's 3559: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be erect</span><br /><br /><span class="word">around them,</span><br /><span class="heb">עִמָּ֑ם</span> <span class="translit">(‘im·mām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5973.htm">Strong's 5973: </a> </span><span class="str2">With, equally with</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and their offspring</span><br /><span class="heb">וְ֝צֶאֱצָאֵיהֶ֗ם</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ṣe·’ĕ·ṣā·’ê·hem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6631.htm">Strong's 6631: </a> </span><span class="str2">Issue, offspring, produce</span><br /><br /><span class="word">before their eyes.</span><br /><span class="heb">לְעֵינֵיהֶֽם׃</span> <span class="translit">(lə·‘ê·nê·hem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - cdc | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5869.htm">Strong's 5869: </a> </span><span class="str2">An eye, a fountain</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/job/21-8.htm">Job 21:8 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/job/21-8.htm">Job 21:8 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/job/21-8.htm">Job 21:8 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/job/21-8.htm">Job 21:8 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/job/21-8.htm">Job 21:8 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/job/21-8.htm">Job 21:8 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/job/21-8.htm">Job 21:8 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/job/21-8.htm">Job 21:8 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/job/21-8.htm">Job 21:8 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/job/21-8.htm">Job 21:8 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/job/21-8.htm">OT Poetry: Job 21:8 Their child is established with them (Jb) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/job/21-7.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Job 21:7"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Job 21:7" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/job/21-9.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Job 21:9"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Job 21:9" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>