Job 21:16

Lo, their wealth is not in their hand: therfore let the counsell of the wicked bee farre from me.

Geneva Bible 1599

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 Almightie, that we should serue him? and what profit should we haue, if we should pray vnto him?

17How oft shall the candle of the wicked be put out? and their destruction come vpon them? he wil deuide their liues in his wrath.

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Cross References

Genesis 49:6Into their secret let not my soule come: my glory, be not thou ioyned with their assembly: for in their wrath they slew a man, and in their selfe will they digged downe a wall.

Job 12:9Who is ignorant of all these, but that the hande of the Lord hath made these?

Psalms 1:1Blessed is the man that doeth not walke in the counsell of the wicked, nor stand in the way of sinners, nor sit in ye seate of the scornefull:

Psalms 52:5So shall God destroy thee for euer: he shall take thee and plucke thee out of thy tabernacle, and roote thee out of ye land of the liuing. Selah.

Proverbs 5:8Keepe thy way farre from her, and come not neere the doore of her house,

Luke 16:2And hee called him, and saide vnto him, Howe is it that I heare this of thee? Giue an accounts of thy stewardship: for thou maiest 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 →

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