Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

“Yet He filled their houses with good things;
But the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

King James Version

Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

Holman Bible

But it was He who filled their houses with good things.
The counsel of the wicked is far from me!

International Standard Version

"Though God fills their houses with good things, the counsel of the wicked will remain far from me.

A Conservative Version

Yet he filled their houses with good things. But the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

American Standard Version

Yet he filled their houses with good things: But the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

Amplified


“Yet He filled their houses with good things;
But the counsel of the wicked and ungodly is far from me.

Bible in Basic English

Though he made their houses full of good things: but the purpose of the evil-doers is far from me!

Darby Translation

Yet he filled their houses with good. But the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

Julia Smith Translation

And he filled their houses with good: and the counsel of the unjust was far from me.

King James 2000

Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Yet he himself filled up their houses [with] good [things], but [the] schemes of [the] wicked are repugnant to me.

Modern King James verseion

Yet He filled their houses with substance; and the wisdom of the wicked is far from me.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

He filled their houses with good things. But the council of the ungodly is far from me.

NET Bible

But it was he who filled their houses with good things -- yet the counsel of the wicked was far from me.

New Heart English Bible

Yet he filled their houses with good things, but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

The Emphasized Bible

Yet, he, had filled their houses with good! The counsel of the lawless, then, is far from me:

Webster

Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

World English Bible

Yet he filled their houses with good things, but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

Youngs Literal Translation

And he hath filled their houses with good: (And the counsel of the wicked Hath been far from me.)

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
Yet he filled
מלא מלא 
Male' 
Usage: 251

בּית 
Bayith 
Usage: 2053

things but the counsel
עצה 
`etsah 
Usage: 88

of the wicked
רשׁע 
Rasha` 
Usage: 263

is far
רחק 
Rachaq 
...far, ...off, ...away, remove, good way
Usage: 57

Verse Info

Context Readings

Eliphaz's Third Speech

17 They said to God: 'Leave us alone.' They asked: 'What can the Almighty do to us?' 18 “Yet He filled their houses with good things;
But the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
19 The righteous see it and are glad and the innocent laugh them to scorn.

Cross References

Job 21:16

Is their prosperity indeed their own achievement? The plans of the wicked are repugnant to me.

Job 12:6

The tents of marauders prosper and those who provoke God are secure in what God's hand brings them.

1 Samuel 2:7

Jehovah takes away and He gives riches. He brings low and lifts up high.

Psalm 1:1

Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked or stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of the scornful mockers.

Psalm 17:14

With your power (by your hand) rescue me from mortals, O Jehovah, from mortals who look forward only to this life. You fill their bellies with your treasure. Their children are satisfied with it, and they leave what remains to their children.

Jeremiah 12:2

You plant them, and they take root. They grow and bear fruit. You are near their lips, but far from their mind.

Acts 14:17

He has not left himself without witness. For he did good and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.

Acts 15:16

I will return and will build again the tabernacle of David, which has fallen down. I will rebuild its ruins. I will restore it. (Amos 9:11,12)

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