Job 21:16

Lo, not in their hand doth their happiness rest! The counsel of the wicked be [still] far from me.

Leeser Tanakh

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 shall we have, if we entreat him urgently?”

17How often is the lamp of the wicked quenched? and how often cometh over them their calamity? and doth [God] distribute their lot in his anger?

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Cross References

Genesis 49:6Into their secret shall my soul not come; unto their assembly my spirit shall not be united; for in their anger they slew the man, and in their self-will they lamed the ox.

Job 12:9Who knoweth not through all these that the hand of the Lord hath wrought this?

Psalms 1:1BOOK FIRST: Happy is the man who walketh not in the council of the wicked, and standeth not in the way of sinners, and sitteth not in the seat of scorners;

Psalms 52:5(52:7) [Therefore] God will also destroy thee for ever: he will take thee away, and pluck thee out of his tent, and root thee out of the land of life. Selah.—

Proverbs 5:8Remove far from her thy way, and come not nigh to 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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