World English Bible
"Behold, their prosperity is not in their hand. The counsel of the wicked is far from me."
— Job 21:16, World English 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. ”
“But their prosperity is not their own doing. 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 spend their days in prosperity. In an instant they go down to Sheol.
They tell God, 'Depart from us, for we don't want to know about your ways.
What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? What profit should we have, if we pray to him?'
Behold, their prosperity is not in their hand. The counsel of the wicked is far from me.
"How often is it that the lamp of the wicked is put out, that their calamity comes on them, that God distributes sorrows in his anger?
How often is it that they are as stubble before the wind, as chaff that the storm carries away?
You say, 'God lays up his iniquity for his children.' Let him recompense it to himself, that he may know it.