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Job 21

Job 21:16 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Lo, their good
tuwb (Hebrew #2898)
good (as a noun), in the widest sense, especially goodness (superlative concretely, the best), beauty, gladness, welfare
KJV usage: fair, gladness, good(-ness, thing, -s), joy, go well with.
Pronounce: toob
Origin: from 2895
is not in their hand
yad (Hebrew #3027)
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.), in distinction from 3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote (as follows)
KJV usage: (+ be) able, X about, + armholes, at, axletree, because of, beside, border, X bounty, + broad, (broken-)handed, X by, charge, coast, + consecrate, + creditor, custody, debt, dominion, X enough, + fellowship, force, X from, hand(-staves, -y work), X he, himself, X in, labour, + large, ledge, (left-)handed, means, X mine, ministry, near, X of, X order, ordinance, X our, parts, pain, power, X presumptuously, service, side, sore, state, stay, draw with strength, stroke, + swear, terror, X thee, X by them, X themselves, X thine own, X thou, through, X throwing, + thumb, times, X to, X under, X us, X wait on, (way-)side, where, + wide, X with (him, me, you), work, + yield, X yourselves.
Pronounce: yawd
Origin: a primitive word
: the counsel
`etsah (Hebrew #6098)
advice; by implication, plan; also prudence
KJV usage: advice, advisement, counsel(l-(or)), purpose.
Pronounce: ay-tsaw'
Origin: from 3289
m of the wicked
rasha` (Hebrew #7563)
morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person
KJV usage: + condemned, guilty, ungodly, wicked (man), that did wrong.
Pronounce: raw-shaw'
Origin: from 7561
is far
rachaq (Hebrew #7368)
to widen (in any direction), i.e. (intransitively) recede or (transitively) remove (literally or figuratively, of place or relation)
KJV usage: (a-, be, cast, drive, get, go, keep (self), put, remove, be too, (wander), withdraw) far (away, off), loose, X refrain, very, (be) a good way (off).
Pronounce: raw-khak'
Origin: a primitive root
from me.
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Psa. 1:1• 1Blessed [is] the man who hath not walked in the counsel of the wicked,{HR}And hath not stood in the way of sinners,{HR}And hath not sat in the seat of scorners. (Psa. 1:1)

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Job 1:21• 21and said, Naked came I out of my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return thither: Jehovah gave, and Jehovah hath taken away; blessed be the name of Jehovah. (Job 1:21)
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Job 12:9‑10• 9Who doth not know by all these{HR}That the hand of Jehovah hath done this?
 10In whose hand [is] the soul of every living thing,{HR}And the spirit of all flesh of men? (Job 12:9‑10)
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Psa. 49:6‑7• 6Those who trust in their wealth{HR}And boast themselves in the multitude of their riches.
 7In no wise can a man redeem a brother,{HR}He giveth not to God a ransom for him (Psa. 49:6‑7)
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Psa. 52:5‑7• 5God shall likewise destroy thee forever;{HR}He shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of tent,{HR}And root thee out of the land of the living. Selah.
 6The righteous also shall see and fear,{HR}And laugh at him.
 7Behold, the man that made not God his strength,{HR}But confided in the abundance of his riches;{HR}He strengthened himself in his wickedness. (Psa. 52:5‑7)
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Eccl. 8:8• 8There is no man that hath power over the day of death;{HR}And there is no discharge in that war:{HR}Neither shall wickedness deliver him that is given to it. (Eccl. 8:8)
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Luke 16:2,25• 2And having called him, he said to him, What [is] this that I hear of thee? Give the reckoning of thy stewardship, for thou canst be no longer steward.
 25But Abraham said, Child, remember that thou hast fully received thy good things in thy lifetime, likewise Lazarus evil things; but now here he is comforted, and thou art in suffering. (Luke 16:2,25)
the counsel.
Job 22:18• 18And he filled their houses with good!{HR}But the counsel of the wicked is far from me. (Job 22:18)
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Gen. 49:6• 6My soul, come not into their council; mine honour, be not united to their assembly; for in their anger they slew men, and in their self-will houghed oxen. (Gen. 49:6)
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Psa. 1:1• 1Blessed [is] the man who hath not walked in the counsel of the wicked,{HR}And hath not stood in the way of sinners,{HR}And hath not sat in the seat of scorners. (Psa. 1:1)
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Prov. 1:10• 10My son, if sinners entice thee, consent not. (Prov. 1:10)
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Prov. 5:8• 8Remove thy way far from her,{HR}And come not nigh the door of her house; (Prov. 5:8)
• While describing their profane defiance of God, which goes so long unrebuked, Job is careful to express his abhorrence of such impiety: “Lo, their good is not by their own hand” (all that they have is from God); “the counsel of the wicked is far from me” (ver. 16). (“Job 3-31” by S. Ridout)

J. N. Darby Translation

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

JND Translation Notes

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Or "happiness," lit. "good," as ver. 25.

W. Kelly Translation

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Lo! their good [is] not in their hand.{HR}The counsel of the wicked be far from me.