Job 21:16
[[Ye say,]] “Lo! their prosperity is not secure in their hands! Far from me be the conduct of the wicked!”
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
Lo, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
In Context
15Who is the Almighty, that we should serve him? And what will it profit us, if we pray to him?”
Cross References
Job 12:9Who among all these doth not know That the hand of Jehovah doeth these things?
Psalms 1:1“BOOK I” Happy the man who walketh not in the counsel of the unrighteous, Nor standeth in the way of sinners, Nor sitteth in the seat of scoffers;
Psalms 52:5Thee also shall God utterly destroy! o He shall seize thee, and tear thee from thy dwelling-place, And uproot thee from the land of the living. [[Pause.]]
Proverbs 5:8Remove thy way far from her. And come not nigh the door of her house:
Luke 16:2And he called him, and said to him, What is this that I hear of thee? Give an account of thy stewardship; for thou canst be no longer steward.
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 →