12 They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ.
12 They sing to the music of timbrel and lyre; they make merry to the sound of the pipe.
12 They sing to the tambourine and the lyre and rejoice to the sound of the pipe.
12 They make music with fiddles and flutes, have good times singing and dancing.
12 They sing to the tambourine and harp, And rejoice to the sound of the flute.
12 They sing with tambourine and harp. They celebrate to the sound of the flute.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Job 21:12
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.