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


In Context

13 They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment they go down to hell.

14 Who have said to God: Depart from us, we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.

15 Who is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what doth it profit us if we pray to him?

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

17 How often shall the lamp of the wicked be put out, and a deluge come upon them, and he shall distribute the sorrows of his wrath?

18 They shall be as chaff before the face of the wind, and as ashes which the whirlwind scattereth.

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 American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

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