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Job 21:16
Behold, their prosperity is not in their hand. The counsel of the wicked be far from me!
Job 21:16 · Darby Bible
Job 21:16 in other translations
Lo, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
Still, their prosperity is not in their own hands, so I stay far from the counsel of the wicked.
Behold, their prosperity is not in their hand. The counsel of the wicked is far from me.
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In context
13 They spend their days in prosperity, and in a moment go down to Sheol.
14 And they say unto 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 are we profited if we pray unto him?
16 Behold, their prosperity is not in their hand. The counsel of the wicked be far from me!
17 How often is the lamp of the wicked put out, and cometh their calamity upon them? Doth he distribute sorrows [to them] in his anger?
18 Do they become as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away?
19 God layeth up [the punishment of] his iniquity for his children; he rewardeth him, and he shall know [it]:
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