Job 21:16
Lo, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
Webster 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 the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray to him?
Cross References
Genesis 49:6O my soul, come not thou into their secret; to their assembly, my honor, be not thou united: for in their anger they slew a man, and in their self-will they digged down a wall.
Job 12:9Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the LORD hath wrought this?
Psalms 1:1Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of scoffers.
Psalms 52:5God shall likewise destroy thee for ever, he shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of thy dwelling-place, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah.
Proverbs 5:8Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:
Luke 16:2And he called him, and said to him, How is it that I hear this of thee? give an account of thy stewardship: for thou mayest 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 →