Job 21:16
Lo, their tov is not in their yad; 1 the etzah (counsel, scheme) of the resha'im is far from me. 1
Orthodox Jewish 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
15What is Shaddai, that we should serve Him? 1 And what profit should we have, if we importune Him? 1
Cross References
Genesis 49:6O my nefesh, enter not thou into their sod (secret, council); 1 unto their kehal, mine kavod, be not thou united; 1 for in their anger they slaughtered ish, 1 and in their ratzon (self-will) they lamed shor (ox). 1
Job 12:9Of all of these, 1 who lacketh da'as that the yad Hashem hath wrought this? 1
Psalms 1:1Blessed is the ish that walketh not 1 in the Etzah (counsel, scheme) of the Resha'im, 1 nor standeth in the Derech Chatta'im, 1 nor sitteth in the Moshav (seat) of the Leitzim (scornful, ones mocking and reviling). 1
Psalms 52:5Thou lovest rah more than tov; 1 and sheker rather than to speak tzedek. 1 Selah 1
Proverbs 5:8Remove thy derech far from her, 1 and come not near the petach (doorway) of her bais; 1
Luke 16:2And having called him, the oisher said to the sochen, What is this I hear about you? Submit to a bikoret beshbonot (audit) for that which is under your pekuddah (stewardship care), for you are no longer able to be sochen.
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 →