16Lo, their prosperity is not in their hand: The counsel of the wicked is far from me.


In Context

13 They spend their days in prosperity, And in a moment they go down to Sheol.

14 And they say unto God, Depart from us; For we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.

15 What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? And what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?

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

17 How oft is it that the lamp of the wicked is put out? That their calamity cometh upon them? That God distributeth sorrows in his anger?

18 That they are as stubble before the wind, And as chaff that the storm carrieth away?

Job 21:16 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:16Lo, their good [is] not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

21:16But their prosperity is not in their own hands, so I stand aloof from the counsel of the wicked.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

21:16Yet because their good things are not in their hand, may the counsel of the wicked be far from me.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:16Behold, their prosperity is not in their hand. The counsel of the wicked be far from me!

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

21:16Lo, their prosperity is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:16Lo, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:16Behold, their prosperity is not in their hand. The counsel of the wicked is far from me.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

21:16Lo, not in their hand is their good, (The counsel of the wicked Hath been far from me.)

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:16See, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.