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Job 21:16

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 21:16 in other translations

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

Job 21:16 · World English Bible

Job 21:16 in context

  1. 14And they say unto God, Depart from us; For we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.
  2. 15What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? And what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?
  3. 16Lo, their prosperity is not in their hand: The counsel of the wicked is far from me.
  4. 17How oft is it that the lamp of the wicked is put out? That their calamity cometh upon them? That God distributeth sorrows in his anger?
  5. 18That they are as stubble before the wind, And as chaff that the storm carrieth away?