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English Standard Version

Job 21:10

Their bull breeds without fail; their cow calves and does not miscarry.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Rich, the;   Wicked (People);   The Topic Concordance - Desire;   Wickedness;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Calf, the;   Ox, the;   Sin;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Wisdom literature;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Greatness of God;   Hypocrisy;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Cattle;   Job, the Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Wealth;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Pashur;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Heifer;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Hid;   Root;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Gender;   Job, Book of;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Ox;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Their bulls breed without fail;their cows calve and do not miscarry.
Hebrew Names Version
Their bulls breed without fail. Their cows calve, and don't miscarry.
King James Version
Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf.
New Century Version
Their bulls never fail to mate; their cows have healthy calves.
New English Translation
Their bulls breed without fail; their cows calve and do not miscarry.
Amplified Bible
"His bull breeds and does not fail; His cow calves and does not miscarry.
New American Standard Bible
"His ox mates without fail; His cow calves and does not miscarry.
World English Bible
Their bulls breed without fail. Their cows calve, and don't miscarry.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Their bullocke gendreth, and fayleth not: their cow calueth, and casteth not her calfe.
Legacy Standard Bible
His ox mates and does not fail;His cow calves and does not miscarry.
Berean Standard Bible
Their bulls breed without fail; their cows calve and do not miscarry.
Contemporary English Version
Their cattle have lots of calves without ever losing one;
Complete Jewish Bible
Their bulls are fertile without fail, their cows get pregnant and don't miscarry.
Darby Translation
Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf.
Easy-to-Read Version
Their bulls never fail to mate. Their cows have healthy calves.
George Lamsa Translation
Their bull breeds, and fails not; their cow calves, and does not cast her calf.
Good News Translation
Yes, all their cattle breed and give birth without trouble.
Lexham English Bible
His bull breeds and does not fail; his cow calves and does not miscarry.
Literal Translation
His bull passes semen and does not fail; his cow calves and does not miscarry.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Their bullocke gendreth, and that not out of tyme: their cow calueth, and is not vnfrutefull.
American Standard Version
Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; Their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf.
Bible in Basic English
Their ox is ready at all times to give seed; their cow gives birth, without dropping her young.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf.
King James Version (1611)
Their bull gendreth and faileth not, their cow calueth, and casteth not her calfe.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Their bullocke gendreth and that not out of time, their cowe calueth and is not vnfruitfull.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Their cow does not cast her calf, and their beast with young is safe, and does not miscarry.
English Revised Version
Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
The cow of hem conseyuede, and caluede not a deed calf; the cow caluyde, and is not priued of hir calf.
Update Bible Version
Their bull genders, and does not fail; Their cow calves, and does not cast her calf.
Webster's Bible Translation
Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf.
New King James Version
Their bull breeds without failure; Their cow calves without miscarriage.
New Living Translation
Their bulls never fail to breed. Their cows bear calves and never miscarry.
New Life Bible
Their bull mates without trouble. Their cow gives birth to live calves.
New Revised Standard
Their bull breeds without fail; their cow calves and never miscarries.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
His bull, covereth, and causeth not aversion, His cow safely calveth, and casteth not her young;
Douay-Rheims Bible
Their cattle have conceived, and failed not: their cow has calved, and is not deprived of her fruit.
Revised Standard Version
Their bull breeds without fail; their cow calves, and does not cast her calf.
Young's Literal Translation
His bullock hath eaten corn, and doth not loath. His cow bringeth forth safely, And doth not miscarry.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"His ox mates without fail; His cow calves and does not abort.

Contextual Overview

7 Why do the wicked live, reach old age, and grow mighty in power? 8 Their offspring are established in their presence, and their descendants before their eyes. 9 Their houses are safe from fear, and no rod of God is upon them. 10 Their bull breeds without fail; their cow calves and does not miscarry. 11 They send out their little boys like a flock, and their children dance. 12 They sing to the tambourine and the lyre and rejoice to the sound of the pipe. 13 They spend their days in prosperity, and in peace they go down to Sheol. 14 They say to God, ‘Depart from us! We do not desire the knowledge of your ways. 15 What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? And what profit do we get if we pray to him?' 16 Behold, is not their prosperity in their hand? The counsel of the wicked is far from me.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

their cow: Exodus 23:26, Deuteronomy 7:13, Deuteronomy 7:14, Deuteronomy 28:11, Psalms 144:13, Psalms 144:14, Ecclesiastes 9:1, Ecclesiastes 9:2, Luke 12:16-21, Luke 16:19

Reciprocal: Job 22:17 - Depart Hosea 9:14 - a miscarrying womb

Cross-References

Genesis 17:19
God said, "No, but Sarah your wife shall bear you a son, and you shall call his name Isaac. I will establish my covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his offspring after him.
Genesis 17:21
But I will establish my covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah shall bear to you at this time next year."
Genesis 20:11
Abraham said, "I did it because I thought, ‘There is no fear of God at all in this place, and they will kill me because of my wife.'
Genesis 21:6
And Sarah said, "God has made laughter for me; everyone who hears will laugh over me."
Genesis 21:7
And she said, "Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne him a son in his old age."
Genesis 21:11
And the thing was very displeasing to Abraham on account of his son.
Genesis 21:12
But God said to Abraham, "Be not displeased because of the boy and because of your slave woman. Whatever Sarah says to you, do as she tells you, for through Isaac shall your offspring be named.
Genesis 21:22
At that time Abimelech and Phicol the commander of his army said to Abraham, "God is with you in all that you do.
Genesis 21:31
Therefore that place was called Beersheba, because there both of them swore an oath.
Genesis 22:10
Then Abraham reached out his hand and took the knife to slaughter his son.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Their bull gendereth, and faileth not,.... As the wicked man's prosperity is described before by the increase and comfortable settlement of his children and grandchildren, and by the peace and safety of all within doors; here it is further set forth by the increase of his cattle in the fields, one part being put for the whole, his oxen and asses, his camels and sheep, things in which the riches of men chiefly lay in those times and countries; and he was reckoned an happy man when these brought forth abundantly; see Psalms 144:13;

their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf; both male and female succeed in propagating their species, and so in increasing the wealth of their owner; this is sometimes promised as a temporal blessing,

Exodus 23:26.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Their bull gendereth - See Rosenmuller and Lee on this verse; comp Bochart, Hieroz. P. 1, Lib. ii. c. xxx. The general idea is, that the wicked were prospered as well as the pious. God did not interpose by a miracle to cut off their cattle, and to prevent their becoming rich.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Job 21:10. Their bull gendereth — עבר ibbar, passes over, i.e., on the cow, referring to the actions of the bull when coupling with the female. Their flocks multiply greatly, they bring forth in time, and none of them is barren.


 
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