Job 22:18
And He has filled their houses [with] good (And the counsel of the wicked || Has been far from me).
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
In Context
17Those saying to God, Turn aside from us, || And what does the Mighty One do to them?
19The righteous see and they rejoice, || And the innocent mocks at them:
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:7YHWH dispossesses, and He makes rich, || He makes low, indeed, He makes high.
Job 21:16Behold, their good [is] not in their hand || (The counsel of the wicked || Has been far from me).
Psalms 17:14From men, Your hand, O YHWH, || From men of the world, their portion [is] in life, || And [with] Your hidden things You fill their belly, || They are satisfied [with] sons, || And have left their abundance to their sucklings.
Acts 14:17though, indeed, He did not leave Himself without witness, doing good—giving rains to us from Heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness”;
Matthew Henry on Job 22:16-21
Judgments Executed on the Wicked. ( b. c. 1520.) 15 Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden? 16 Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood: 17 Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them? 18 Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me. 19 The righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn. 20 Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the fire… Read the whole commentary →