Bible Strands
Job 21:10
Their bulls breed without fail; their cows bear calves and do not miscarry.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Job speaks to his three companions during his defense, describing the untroubled domestic and agricultural conditions of the wicked.
The words — עִבַּר ('I.bar) means it impregnates or breeds, and תְשַׁכֵּל (te.sha.Kel) means it miscarries or fails in childbirth.
The thread — The promise of uninterrupted reproductive and agricultural success appears in Exodus 23:26, Deuteronomy 7:13, and Deuteronomy 28:11.
Why it lands — The text requires a reader to record the empirical reality of the wicked's prosperity before applying any framework that ties earthly blessing to moral standing.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf.
Cross-references
- Exodus 23:26 No woman in your land will miscarry or be barren; I will fulfill the number of your days.
- Deuteronomy 7:13 He will love you and bless you and multiply you. He will bless the fruit of your womb and the produce of your land—your grain, new wine, and oil, the young of your herds and the lambs of your flocks—in the land that He swore to your fathers to give you.
- Deuteronomy 28:11 The LORD will make you prosper abundantly—in the fruit of your womb, the offspring of your livestock, and the produce of your land—in the land that the LORD swore to your fathers to give you.
- Psalms 144:13 Our storehouses will be full, supplying all manner of produce; our flocks will bring forth thousands, tens of thousands in our fields.
- Ecclesiastes 9:1 So I took all this to heart and concluded that the righteous and the wise, as well as their deeds, are in God’s hands. Man does not know what lies ahead, whether love or hate.
- Luke 12:16 Then He told them a parable: “The ground of a certain rich man produced an abundance.
- Luke 16:19 Now there was a rich man dressed in purple and fine linen, who lived each day in joyous splendor.