Job 22:18

וְהוּא מִלֵּא בָתֵּיהֶם טוֹב וַעֲצַת רְשָׁעִים רָחֲקָה מֶֽנִּי ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

In Context

17הָאֹמְרִים לָאֵל סוּר מִמֶּנּוּ וּמַה ־ יִּפְעַל שַׁדַּי לָֽמוֹ ׃

19יִרְאוּ צַדִּיקִים וְיִשְׂמָחוּ וְנָקִי יִלְעַג ־ לָֽמוֹ ׃

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Cross References

1 Samuel 2:7יְהוָה מוֹרִישׁ וּמַעֲשִׁיר מַשְׁפִּיל אַף ־ מְרוֹמֵֽם ׃

Job 21:16הֵן לֹא בְיָדָם טוּבָם עֲצַת רְשָׁעִים רָחֲקָה מֶֽנִּי ׃

Psalms 17:14מִֽמְתִים יָדְךָ ׀ יְהוָה מִֽמְתִים מֵחֶלֶד חֶלְקָם בַּֽחַיִּים וצפינך תְּמַלֵּא בִטְנָם יִשְׂבְּעוּ בָנִים וְהִנִּיחוּ יִתְרָם לְעוֹלְלֵיהֶֽם ׃

Matthew Henry on Job 22:16-21

Judgments Executed on the Wicked. ( b. c. 1520.) 15 Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden? 16 Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood: 17 Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them? 18 Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me. 19 The righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn. 20 Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the fire… Read the whole commentary →

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