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Job 21:16

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

Lo, their good {H2898} is not in their hand {H3027}: the counsel {H6098} of the wicked {H7563} is far {H7368} from me.

Isn't their prosperity already theirs? The plans of the wicked are far from me.

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

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

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Cross-References

  • Job 22:18 (5 votes)

    Yet he filled their houses with good [things]: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

  • Psalms 1:1 (4 votes)

    ¶ Blessed [is] the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.

  • Psalms 52:5 (3 votes)

    God shall likewise destroy thee for ever, he shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of [thy] dwelling place, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah.

  • Psalms 52:7 (3 votes)

    Lo, [this is] the man [that] made not God his strength; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, [and] strengthened himself in his wickedness.

  • Psalms 49:6 (3 votes)

    ¶ They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;

  • Psalms 49:7 (3 votes)

    None [of them] can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him:

  • Proverbs 1:10 (3 votes)

    ¶ My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.