Job 22:18
Yet he filled their houses with good things: 1 But the counsel of the wicked is far from him. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
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
17Who say, What will the Lord do to us? 1 Or what will the Almighty bring upon us? 1
19The righteous have seen it, and laughed, 1 And the blameless one has derided them. 1
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:7The Lord makes poor, and makes rich; 1 He brings low, and lifts up. 1
Job 21:16For their good things were in their hands, 1 But he regards not the works of the ungodly. 1
Psalms 17:14The Lord also thundered from heaven, 1 And the Highest uttered his voice. 1
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 →