Job 21:12
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New International Version (©1984)
They sing to the music of tambourine and harp; they make merry to the sound of the flute.

New Living Translation (©2007)
They sing with tambourine and harp. They celebrate to the sound of the flute.

English Standard Version (©2001)
They sing to the tambourine and the lyre and rejoice to the sound of the pipe.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
"They sing to the timbrel and harp And rejoice at the sound of the flute.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
They sing with the tambourine and lyre, and they are happy with the music of the flute.

King James Bible
They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ.

American King James Version
They take the tambourine and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ.

American Standard Version
They sing to the timbrel and harp, And rejoice at the sound of the pipe.

Bible in Basic English
They make songs to the instruments of music, and are glad at the sound of the pipe.

Douay-Rheims Bible
They take the timbrel, and the harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ.

Darby Bible Translation
They shout to the tambour and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the pipe.

English Revised Version
They sing to the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the pipe.

Webster's Bible Translation
They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ.

World English Bible
They sing to the tambourine and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the pipe.

Young's Literal Translation
They lift themselves up at timbrel and harp, And rejoice at the sound of an organ.

Geneva Study Bible

They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

12. take-rather, "lift up the voice" (sing) to the note of [Umbreit].

timbrel-rather, "tambourine."

organ-not the modern "organ," but the "pipe" (Ge 4:21). The first clause refers to stringed, the latter, to wind instruments; thus, with "the voice" all kinds of music are enumerated.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

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.


Job 21:11 "They send forth their little ones like the flock, And their children skip about.
Job 21:13 "They spend their days in prosperity, And suddenly they go down to Sheol. (NASB ©1995)

Flute Glad Harp Instruments Lyre Merry Music Organ Pipe Rejoice Shout Sing Songs Sound Tambour Tambourine Themselves Timbrel


They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ.

Ge 4:21 31:27 Isa 5:12 22:13 Am 6:4-6

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