Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Lo, there is utterly no goodness in them, therefore will not I have to do with the counsel of the ungodly.
New American Standard Bible
The
King James Version
Lo, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
Holman Bible
The counsel of the wicked is far from me!
International Standard Version
Behold! Their prosperity isn't in their control! The counsel of the wicked will remain far from me."
A Conservative Version
Lo, [is] their prosperity not in their hand. (The counsel of the wicked is far from me.)
American Standard Version
Lo, their prosperity is not in their hand: The counsel of the wicked is far from me.
Amplified
“But notice, the prosperity of the wicked is not in their hand (in their power);
The counsel of the wicked [and the mystery of God’s dealings with the ungodly] is far from my comprehension.
Bible in Basic English
Truly, is not their well-being in their power? (The purpose of the evil-doers is far from me.)
Darby Translation
Behold, their prosperity is not in their hand. The counsel of the wicked be far from me!
Julia Smith Translation
Behold, their good not in the hand: the counsel of the unjust was far from me.
King James 2000
Lo, their prosperity is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Look, their prosperity [is] not in their hands; the schemes of [the] wicked are repugnant to me.
Modern King James verseion
Behold, their good is not in their hand; the wisdom of the wicked is far from me.
NET Bible
But their prosperity is not their own doing. The counsel of the wicked is far from me!
New Heart English Bible
Behold, their prosperity is not in their hand. The counsel of the wicked is far from me.
The Emphasized Bible
Lo! not in their own hand, is their welfare, The counsel of lawless men, is far from me!
Webster
Lo, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
World English Bible
Behold, their prosperity is not in their hand. The counsel of the wicked is far from me.
Youngs Literal Translation
Lo, not in their hand is their good, (The counsel of the wicked Hath been far from me.)
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 21:16
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job's Seventh Speech: A Response To Zophar
15 What manner of fellow is the Almighty, that we should serve him? What profit should we have, to submit ourselves unto him?' 16 Lo, there is utterly no goodness in them, therefore will not I have to do with the counsel of the ungodly. 17 "How oft shall the candle of the wicked be put out? How oft cometh their destruction upon them? Oh what sorrow shall God give them for their part in his wrath!
Cross References
Job 22:18
He filled their houses with good things. But the council of the ungodly is far from me.
Psalm 1:1
O Blessed is the man that hath not walked in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stood in the way of sinners, and hath not sat in the seat of the scornful.
Genesis 49:6
Into their secrets come not my soul, and unto their congregation be my honour not coupled: for in their wrath they slew a man, and in their self will they houghed an ox.
Job 1:21
and said, "Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I turn thither again. The LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; now blessed be the name of the LORD."
Job 12:9-10
What is he, but he knoweth that the hand of the LORD made all these?
Psalm 49:6-7
There be some that put their trust in their goods, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches.
Psalm 52:5-7
Therefore shall God destroy thee forever; he shall take thee, and pluck thee out of thy dwelling, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah.
Proverbs 1:10
My son, consent not unto sinners,
Proverbs 5:8
Keep thy way far from her, and come not nigh the doors of her house:
Ecclesiastes 8:8
Neither is there any man that hath power over the spirit, to keep still the spirit, nor to have any power in the time of death: it is not he also that can make an end of the battle, neither may ungodliness deliver him that meddleth withall.
Luke 16:2
And he called him, and said unto him, 'How is it, that I hear this of thee? Give accounts of thy stewardship. For thou mayest be no longer my steward.'
Luke 16:25
But Abraham said unto him, 'Son remember, that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy pleasure, and contrariwise, Lazarus pain. Now therefore is he comforted, and thou art punished.