Job 21:16

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Job 21:16

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Berean Standard Bible

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

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KJV

King James Version

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

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WEB

World English Bible

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

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ASV

American Standard Version

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

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Job 21

¹⁴ Yet they say to God: ‘Leave us alone! For we have no desire to know Your ways.

¹⁵ Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him, and what would we gain if we pray to Him?’

¹⁶ Still, their prosperity is not in their own hands, so I stay far from the counsel of the wicked.

¹⁷ How often is the lamp of the wicked put out? Does disaster come upon them? Does God, in His anger, apportion destruction?

¹⁸ Are they like straw before the wind, like chaff swept away by a storm?

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