Job 21:16
Behold, their good [is] not in their hand || (The counsel of the wicked || Has been far from me).
Literal Standard 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
15What [is] the Mighty One that we serve Him? And what do we profit when we meet with Him?
Cross References
Genesis 49:6Into their secret, do not come, O my soul! Do not be united to their assembly, O my glory; For in their anger they slew a man, || And in their self-will eradicated a prince.
Job 12:9Who has not known in all these, || That the hand of YHWH has done this?
Psalms 1:1O the blessedness of that one, || Who has not walked in the counsel of the wicked, || And has not stood in the way of sinners, || And has not sat in the seat of scorners;
Psalms 52:5Also—God breaks you down forever, || Takes you, and pulls you out of the tent, || And He has uprooted you || Out of the land of the living. Selah.
Proverbs 5:8Keep your way far from off her, || And do not come near to the opening of her house,
Luke 16:2and having called him, he said to him, What [is] this I hear about you? Render the account of your stewardship, for you may not be steward any longer.
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 →