Job 21:8
Good News Translation
They have children and grandchildren, and live to watch them all grow up.

New Revised Standard Version
Their children are established in their presence, and their offspring before their eyes.

Contemporary English Version
Why are they allowed to see their children grow up?

New American Bible
Their progeny is secure in their sight; their offspring are before their eyes.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Their seed continueth before them, a multitude of kinsmen, and of children's children in their sight.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Their seed continueth before them, a multitude of kinsmen, and of children's children in their sight.

Job 5:3,4 I have seen a fool with a strong root, and I cursed his beauty immediately. . . .

Job 18:19 His seed shall not subsist, nor his offspring among his people, nor any remnants in his country.

Job 20:10,28 His children shall be oppressed with want, and his hands shall render to him his sorrow. . . .

Proverbs 17:6 Children's children are the crown of old men: and the glory of children are their fathers.

Context
Job: God will Punish the Wicked
7Why then do the wicked live, are they advanced, and strengthened with riches? 8Their seed continueth before them, a multitude of kinsmen, and of children's children in their sight.9Their houses are secure and peaceable, and the rod of God is not upon them.…
Cross References
Psalm 17:14
From the enemies of thy hand. O Lord, divide them from the few of the earth in their life: their belly is filled from thy hidden stores. They are full of children: and they have left to their little ones the rest of their substance.

Job 21:9
Their houses are secure and peaceable, and the rod of God is not upon them.

Job 21:7
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