Job 21:16
It is true that their good things are not in their power. May the counsel of the impious be far from me!
Catholic Public Domain 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
15Who is the Almighty that we should serve him? And how is it helpful to us if we pray to him?”
Cross References
Genesis 49:6Let not my soul go by their counsel, nor my glory be within their meeting. For in their fury they killed a man, and in their self-will they undermined a wall.
Job 12:9Who is ignorant that the hand of the Lord has made all these things?
Psalms 1:1Blessed is the man who has not followed the counsel of the impious, and has not remained in the way of sinners, and has not sat in the chair of pestilence.
Psalms 52:5Will they never learn: all those who work iniquity, who devour my people like a meal of bread?
Proverbs 5:8Make your way at a distance from her, and do not approach the doors of her house.
Luke 16:2And he called him and said to him: ‘What is this that I hear about you? Give an account of your stewardship. For you can no longer be my steward.’
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 →