Job 21:16
Behold, their prosperity is not in their hand. The counsel of the wicked be far from me!
Darby Translation
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 are we profited if we pray unto him?
Cross References
Genesis 49:6My soul, come not into their council; Mine honour, be not united with their assembly; For in their anger they slew men, And in their wantonness houghed oxen.
Job 12:9Who knoweth not in all these, that the hand of Jehovah hath wrought this?
Psalms 1:1Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the wicked, and standeth not in the way of sinners, and sitteth not in the seat of scorners;
Psalms 52:5God shall likewise destroy thee for ever; he shall take thee away, 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 come not nigh the door of her house:
Luke 16:2And having called him, he said to him, What [is] this that I hear of thee? give the reckoning of thy stewardship, for thou canst be no longer 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 →