Job 21:16
Lo, their good is not in their hand: 1 The counsel of the wicked is far from me. 1
KJV Cambridge Paragraph
In The King James Version
Lo, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
In Context
Cross References
Genesis 49:6O my soul, come not thou into their secret; 1 Unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united: 1 For in their anger they slew a man, 1 And in their selfwill they digged down a wall. 1
Job 12:9Who knoweth not in all these 1 That the hand of the Lord hath wrought this? 1
Psalms 1:1Blessed is the man 1 That walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, 1 Nor standeth in the way of sinners, 1 Nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. 1
Psalms 52:5God shall likewise destroy thee for ever, 1 He shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of thy dwelling place, 1 And root thee out of the land of the living. Selah. 1
Proverbs 5:8Remove thy way far from her, 1 And come not nigh the door of her house: 1
Luke 16:2And he called him, and said unto him, How is it that I hear this of thee? give an account of thy stewardship; for thou mayest 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 →