Job 21:16

הֵן לֹא בְיָדָם טוּבָם עֲצַת רְשָׁעִים רָחֲקָה מֶֽנִּי ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

Lo, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

In Context

15מַה ־ שַׁדַּי כִּֽי ־ נַֽעַבְדֶנּוּ וּמַה ־ נּוֹעִיל כִּי נִפְגַּע ־ בּֽוֹ ׃

17כַּמָּה ׀ נֵר ־ רְשָׁעִים יִדְעָךְ וְיָבֹא עָלֵימוֹ אֵידָם חֲבָלִים יְחַלֵּק בְּאַפּֽוֹ ׃

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Cross References

Genesis 49:6בְּסֹדָם אַל ־ תָּבֹא נַפְשִׁי בִּקְהָלָם אַל ־ תֵּחַד כְּבֹדִי כִּי בְאַפָּם הָרְגוּ אִישׁ וּבִרְצֹנָם עִקְּרוּ ־ שֽׁוֹר ׃

Job 12:9מִי לֹא ־ יָדַע בְּכָל ־ אֵלֶּה כִּי יַד ־ יְהוָה עָשְׂתָה זֹּֽאת ׃

Psalms 1:1אַשְֽׁרֵי ־ הָאִישׁ אֲשֶׁר ׀ לֹא הָלַךְ בַּעֲצַת רְשָׁעִים וּבְדֶרֶךְ חַטָּאִים לֹא עָמָד וּבְמוֹשַׁב לֵצִים לֹא יָשָֽׁב ׃

Psalms 52:5אָהַבְתָּ רָּע מִטּוֹב שֶׁקֶר ׀ מִדַּבֵּר צֶדֶק סֶֽלָה ׃

Proverbs 5:8הַרְחֵק מֵעָלֶיהָ דַרְכֶּךָ וְאַל ־ תִּקְרַב אֶל ־ פֶּתַח בֵּיתָֽהּ ׃

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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