They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance.
Job 21:11 belongs to Job's answer to his friends within the extended debate with his three friends about his afflictions spanning Job 4-31. It describes the prosperity and joyful family life of the wicked and worldly, whose little ones are sent forth like a flock and grow up in abundance, thriving with joyful, lively play and dancing. It shows that the wicked prosper in this present life, while their punishment is future and not immediate.
The scene of joyful play continues in verse 12. The children's dancing is dancing for amusement, not religious worship nor a practice that promotes piety. The example of children dancing does not approve promiscuous dancing between the sexes, but stands as one kind of dancing found in Scripture distinct from that practice.
Job 21:11 belongs to Job's answer to his friends within the extended debate with his three friends about his afflictions spanning Job 4-31. It describes the prosperity and joyful family life of the wicked and worldly, whose little ones are sent forth like a flock and grow up in abundance, thriving with joyful, lively play and dancing. It shows that the wicked prosper in this present life, while their punishment is future and not immediate.
The scene of joyful play continues in verse 12. The children's dancing is dancing for amusement, not religious worship nor a practice that promotes piety. The example of children dancing does not approve promiscuous dancing between the sexes, but stands as one kind of dancing found in Scripture distinct from that practice.