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Job 21:1–34 Job’s response closes the second cycle of the dialogue with his friends.
Job 21:7–16 Job argues that, contrary to what his friends have been saying (e.g., 18:5–21), the wicked often prosper and their offspring flourish (compare Psalm 73).
Job 21:22 Since God is the judge of those who are on high, who are therefore unseen, the friends should be all the more careful about claiming to understand what God’s purposes are, based merely on what they see on earth.
Job 21:33 all mankind follows after him. Many people are fooled by the external successes of the evil man. They follow his example in life and honor him when he dies.
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