Job 21:16

In 11 translations

BSB

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

KJV

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

WEB

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

ASV

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

LSV

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

YLT

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

DBY

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

DRC

Yet because their good things are not in their hand, may the counsel of the wicked be far from me.

GNV

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

JPS

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

LXXE

For their good things were in their hands, but he regards not the works of the ungodly.

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WLC

הֵ֤ן לֹ֣א בְיָדָ֣ם טוּבָ֑ם עֲצַ֥ת רְ֝שָׁעִ֗ים רָ֣חֲקָה מֶֽנִּי׃

LXX-Br

Ἐν χερσὶ γὰρ ἦν αὐτῶν τὰ ἀγαθὰ, ἔργα δὲ ἀσεβῶν οὐκ ἐφορᾷ.

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• Job 22:18But it was He who filled their houses with good things; so I stay far from the counsel of the wicked.
• Psalms 1:1Blessed 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.
• Proverbs 1:10My son, if sinners entice you, do not yield to them.
• Psalms 49:6–7They trust in their wealth and boast in their great riches. No man can possibly redeem his brother or pay his ransom to God.
• Genesis 49:6May I never enter their council; may I never join their assembly. For they kill men in their anger, and hamstring oxen on a whim.
• Psalms 52:5–7Surely 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 The righteous will see and fear; they will mock the…
• Luke 16:2So 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.’
• Proverbs 5:8Keep your path far from her; do not go near the door of her house,
• Ecclesiastes 8:8As 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.
• Job 1:21saying: “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.”
• Luke 16:25But 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 12:9–10Which of all these does not know that the hand of the LORD has done this? The life of every living thing is in His hand, as well as the breath of all mankind.

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