NET Bible
"But their prosperity is not their own doing. The counsel of the wicked is far from me!"
— Job 21:16, NET Bible
“Lo, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.”
“Lo, their prosperity is not in their hand: The counsel of the wicked is far from me. ”
“Behold, their prosperity is not in their hand. The counsel of the wicked is far from me.”
“Yet because their good things are not in their hand, may the counsel of the wicked be far from me.”
“Truly, is not their well-being in their power? (The purpose of the evil-doers is far from me.)”
“Lo, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.”
They live out their years in prosperity and go down to the grave in peace.
So they say to God,‘Turn away from us! We do not want to know your ways.
Who is the Almighty, that we should serve him? What would we gain if we were to pray to him?’
But their prosperity is not their own doing. The counsel of the wicked is far from me!
How Often Do the Wicked Suffer?“How often is the lamp of the wicked extinguished? How often does their misfortune come upon them? How often does God apportion pain to them in his anger?
How often are they like straw before the wind, and like chaff swept away by a whirlwind?
You may say,‘God stores up a man’s punishment for his children!’ Instead let him repay the man himself so that he may be humbled!