The Meaning of Job 21:8 Explained

Job 21:8

KJV: Their seed is established in their sight with them, and their offspring before their eyes.

YLT: Their seed is established, Before their face with them, And their offspring before their eyes.

Darby: Their seed is established with them in their sight, and their offspring before their eyes.

ASV: Their seed is established with them in their sight, And their offspring before their eyes.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Their seed  is established  in their sight  with them, and their offspring  before their eyes. 

What does Job 21:8 Mean?

Context Summary

Job 21:1-34 - "shall Any Teach God?"
After a brief introduction, in which he claims the right to reply, Job 21:1-6, Job brings forward a new argument. He affirms that his friends are wrong in assuming that the connection between sin and suffering is invariable. On the contrary, he urges that wicked men often spend their lives in prosperity, on the farm, in the fold, and in the home, Job 21:10-11. Sounds of joy issue from their dwellings, Job 21:12. They die without prolonged torture, Job 21:13. From the contention of his friends, Job turns to the passer-by for confirmation of his words. Surely, he says, it is a matter of common observation that some wicked men do prosper and die in peace, Job 21:29.
With Job's answer the second colloquy ends. His friends have gained nothing by their arguments, but Job has learned much by his afflictions. On the dark background of his night the Morning Star has actually begun to shine. He appeals to God with greater confidence and even finds refuge in Him; but so far, though arguing his case, he has preserved a humble and reverent attitude. [source]

Chapter Summary: Job 21

1  Job shows that even in the judgment of man he has reason to be grieved
7  Sometimes the wicked prosper, though they despise God
16  Sometimes their destruction is manifest
21  The happy and unhappy are alike in death
27  The judgment of the wicked is in another world

What do the individual words in Job 21:8 mean?

their descendants are established in their sight with them and their offspring before their eyes
זַרְעָ֤ם נָכ֣וֹן לִפְנֵיהֶ֣ם עִמָּ֑ם וְ֝צֶאֱצָאֵיהֶ֗ם לְעֵינֵיהֶֽם

זַרְעָ֤ם  their  descendants 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine plural
Root: זֶרַע  
Sense: seed, sowing, offspring.
נָכ֣וֹן  are  established 
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Participle, masculine singular
Root: כּוּן 
Sense: to be firm, be stable, be established.
לִפְנֵיהֶ֣ם  in  their  sight 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine plural
Root: לִפְנֵי 
Sense: face.
עִמָּ֑ם  with  them 
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine plural
Root: עִם  
Sense: with.
וְ֝צֶאֱצָאֵיהֶ֗ם  and  their  offspring 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine plural
Root: צֶאֱצָאִים  
Sense: offspring, produce, issue.
לְעֵינֵיהֶֽם  before  their  eyes 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, cdc, third person masculine plural
Root: עֹונָה 
Sense: eye.

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