11 They send forth their children as a flock; their little ones dance about.

Other Translations of Job 21:11

King James Version

11 They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance.

English Standard Version

11 They send out their little boys like a flock, and their children dance.

The Message

11 They send their children out to play and watch them frolic like spring lambs.

New King James Version

11 They send forth their little ones like a flock, And their children dance.

New Living Translation

11 They let their children frisk about like lambs. Their little ones skip and dance.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Job 21:11

Commentary on Job 21:7-16

(Read Job 21:7-16)

Job says, Remarkable judgments are sometimes brought upon notorious sinners, but not always. Wherefore is it so? This is the day of God's patience; and, in some way or other, he makes use of the prosperity of the wicked to serve his own counsels, while it ripens them for ruin; but the chief reason is, because he will make it appear there is another world. These prospering sinners make light of God and religion, as if because they have so much of this world, they had no need to look after another. But religion is not a vain thing. If it be so to us, we may thank ourselves for resting on the outside of it. Job shows their folly.