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Job Chapter 21 verse 16 Holy Bible

ASV Job 21:16

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

Truly, is not their well-being in their power? (The purpose of the evil-doers is far from me.)
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DARBY Job 21:16

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

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

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

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

Lo, not in their hand `is' their good, (The counsel of the wicked Hath been far from me.)
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 16. - Lo, their good is not in their hand; i.e. their prosperity is not in their own power, not the result of their own efforts. God's providence is, at least, one element in it, since he exalts men and abases them, he casteth down and lifteth up. Hence it would seem to follow that they are his favourites. Shall Job therefore cast in his lot with them? No, he says, a thousand times, No! The counsel of the wicked is far from me; or better, be the counsel of the wicked far from me! I will have nothing to do with it. I will cling to God. I will maintain my integrity. Satan had charged Job with serving God for the sake of temporal reward. Job had disproved the charge by still clinging to God, notwithstanding all his afflictions. Now he goes further, and declines to throw in his lot with the wicked, even although it should appear that the balance of prosperity is with them.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(16) Lo, their good (i.e., their prosperity) is not in their own hand.--And that constitutes the mystery of it, for it is God who gives it to them; or the words may be a hypothetical answer to his statement, thus, "Lo, thou repliest, their prosperity is not," &c.; and then the words, "the counsel of the wicked is far from me," are Job's indignant repudiation of all knowledge of their reasoning.