Job 21:16

For their good things were in their hands, 1 But he regards not the works of the ungodly. 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

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 should serve him? 1 And what profit is there that we should approach him? 1

17Nevertheless, the lamp of the ungodly also shall be put out, 1 And destruction shall come upon them, 1 And pangs of vengeance shall seize them. 1

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Cross References

Genesis 49:6Let not my soul come into their counsel, 1 And let not mine inward parts contend in their conspiracy, 1 For in their wrath they slew men, 1 And in their passion they houghed a bull. 1

Job 12:9Who then has not known in all these things, 1 That the hand of the Lord has made them? 1

Psalms 1:1Blessed is the man who has not walked in the counsel of the ungodly, 1 And has not stood in the way of sinners, 1 And has not sat in the seat of evil men. 1

Psalms 52:5Will none of the workers of iniquity know, 1 Who devour my people as they would eat bread? 1 They have not called upon God. 1 There were they greatly afraid, where there was no fear: 1

Proverbs 5:8Remove thy way far from her; 1 Draw not near to the doors of her house: 1

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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