Job 21:16 “Still, their prosperity is not in their own hands, so I stay far from…”

Job 21:16

Still, their prosperity is not in their own hands, so I stay far from the counsel of the wicked.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

Behold, their prosperity is not in their hand. The counsel of the wicked is far from me.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

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

Darby Translation

Behold, their prosperity is not in their hand. The counsel of the wicked be far from me!

Young's Literal Translation

Lo, not in their hand [is] their good, (The counsel of the wicked Hath been far from me.)

Bible in Basic English

Truly, is not their well-being in their power? (The purpose of the evil-doers is far from me.)

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Cross references

“Lo”

Psalm 52:5–7 Job 1:21 Ecclesiastes 8:8 Luke 16:2 Luke 16:25 Job 12:9

Psalm 52:5–7 · BSB

Surely God will bring you down to everlasting ruin; He will snatch you up and tear you away from your tent; He will uproot you from the land of the living. Selah

Job 1:21 · BSB

saying: “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will return. The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away. Blessed be the name of the LORD.”

Ecclesiastes 8:8 · BSB

As no man has power over the wind to contain it, so no one has authority over his day of death. As no one can be discharged in wartime, so wickedness will not release those who practice it.

Luke 16:2 · BSB

So he called him in to ask, ‘What is this I hear about you? Turn in an account of your management, for you cannot be manager any longer.’

Luke 16:25 · BSB

But Abraham answered, ‘Child, remember that during your lifetime you received your good things, while Lazarus received bad things. But now he is comforted here, while you are in agony.

Job 12:9 · BSB

Which of all these does not know that the hand of the LORD has done this?

“the counsel”

Job 22:18 Psalm 1:1 Genesis 49:6 Proverbs 1:10 Proverbs 5:8

Job 22:18 · BSB

But it was He who filled their houses with good things; so I stay far from the counsel of the wicked.

Psalm 1:1 · BSB

Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, or set foot on the path of sinners, or sit in the seat of mockers.

Genesis 49:6 · BSB

May I never enter their council; may I never join their assembly. For they kill men in their anger, and hamstring oxen on a whim.

Proverbs 1:10 · BSB

My son, if sinners entice you, do not yield to them.

Proverbs 5:8 · BSB

Keep your path far from her; do not go near the door of her house,

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

15Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him, and what would we gain if we pray to Him?’

17How often is the lamp of the wicked put out? Does disaster come upon them? Does God, in His anger, apportion destruction?

Read Job 21