Job 21:16
See, is not their prosperity in their own hands? 1 I have nothing to do with the advice of wicked people. 1
Unlocked Literal 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
Cross References
Genesis 49:6O my soul, do not come into their council; 1 do not join in their meetings, 1 for my heart has too much honor for that. 1 For in their anger they killed men. 1 It was for pleasure that they hamstrung oxen. 1
Job 12:9Which animal among all these does not know 1 that the hand of Yahweh has done this? 1
Psalms 1:1Blessed is the man who does not walk in the advice of the wicked, 1 or stand in the pathway with sinners, 1 or sit in the assembly of mockers. 1
Psalms 52:5God will likewise destroy you forever; 1 he will take you up and pluck you out of your tent 1 and root you out of the land of the living. Selah 1
Proverbs 5:8Keep your path far away from her 1 and do not come near the door of her house. 1
Luke 16:2So the rich man called him and said to him, 'What is this that I hear about you? Give an account of your management, for you can no longer be manager.'
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 →