Job 21:16
Lo, [is] their prosperity not in their hand. (The counsel of the wicked is far from me.)
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Lo, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
In Context
15What is the Almighty that we should serve him? And what profit should we have, if we pray to him?
Cross References
Genesis 49:6O my soul, come not thou into their council, to their assembly, my glory, be not thou united, for in their anger they slew a man, and in their self-will they hocked an ox.
Job 12:9Who does not know in all these, that the hand of LORD has wrought this,
Psalms 1:1Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers,
Psalms 52:5God will likewise destroy thee forever. He will take thee up, and pluck thee out of thy tent, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah.
Proverbs 5:8Remove thy way far from her, and do not come near the door of her house,
Luke 16:2And having called him, he said to him, What is this I hear about thee? Render the account of thy management, for thou can no longer manage.
Matthew Henry on Job 21:8-17
Prosperity of the Wicked; Abuse of Earthly Prosperity. ( b. c. 1520.) 7 Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power? 8 Their seed is established in their sight with them, and their offspring before their eyes. 9 Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them. 10 Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf. 11 They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance. 12 They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at… Read the whole commentary →