Job 21:16

Lo, their prosperity is not in their hand; the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

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 unto Him?' —

17How oft is it that the lamp of the wicked is put out? that their calamity cometh upon them? that He distributeth pains in His anger?

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Cross References

Genesis 49:6Let my soul not come into their council; unto their assembly let my glory not be united; for in their anger they slew men, and in their self-will they houghed oxen.

Job 12:9Who knoweth not among all these, that the hand of the LORD hath wrought this?

Psalms 1:1BOOK I HAPPY IS the man that hath not walked in the counsel of the wicked, nor stood in the way of sinners, nor sat in the seat of the scornful.

Psalms 52:5(52-7) God will likewise break thee for ever, 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 come not nigh the door of her house;

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 →

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