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


In Context

13 They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave.

14 Therefore they say to 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 to him?

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

17 How oft is the candle of the wicked put out? and how oft cometh their destruction upon them? God distributeth sorrows in his anger.

18 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 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 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.