30 that the wicked are spared from the day of calamity, that they are delivered from
30 that the evil man is spared in the day of calamity, that he is rescued in the day of wrath?
30 Of evil men and women who got off scot-free, who never had to pay for their wickedness?
30 For the wicked are reserved for the day of doom; They shall be brought out on the day of wrath.
30 Evil people are spared in times of calamity and are allowed to escape disaster.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Job 21:30
Commentary on Job 21:27-34
(Read Job 21:27-34)
Job opposes the opinion of his friends, That the wicked are sure to fall into visible and remarkable ruin, and none but the wicked; upon which principle they condemned Job as wicked. Turn to whom you will, you will find that the punishment of sinners is designed more for the other world than for this, Jude 1:14,15. The sinner is here supposed to live in a great deal of power. The sinner shall have a splendid funeral: a poor thing for any man to be proud of the prospect of. He shall have a stately monument. And a valley with springs of water to keep the turf green, was accounted an honourable burial place among eastern people; but such things are vain distinctions. Death closes his prosperity. It is but a poor encouragement to die, that others have died before us. That which makes a man die with true courage, is, with faith to remember that Jesus Christ died and was laid in the grave, not only before us, but for us. That He hath gone before us, and died for us, who is alive and liveth for us, is true consolation in the hour of death.