May I never come into their council; may I not be joined to their company, for in their anger they killed men, and at their whim they hamstrung oxen.
Job 21:16 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 Is not their prosperity indeed their own achievement? The plans of the wicked are repugnant to me. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Lo, their good is not in their hand: The counsel of the wicked is far from me. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But notice, [you say] the prosperity of the wicked is not in their power; the mystery [of God's dealings] with the ungodly is far from my comprehension. American Standard Version (1901) Lo, their prosperity is not in their hand: The counsel of the wicked is far from me. Common English Bible Look, isn’t their well-being the work of their own hands? A sinner’s logic is beyond me. Catholic Public Domain Version It is true that their good things are not in their power. May the counsel of the impious be far from me! Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Yet because their good things are not in their hand, may the counsel of the wicked be far from me. |
May I never come into their council; may I not be joined to their company, for in their anger they killed men, and at their whim they hamstrung oxen.
He said, “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return there; the Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.”
Does it seem good to you to oppress, to despise the work of your hands and favor the schemes of the wicked?
Yet he filled their houses with good things— but the plans of the wicked are repugnant to me.
Happy are those who do not follow the advice of the wicked or take the path that sinners tread or sit in the seat of scoffers,
No one has power over the wind to restrain the wind or power over the day of death; there is no discharge from the battle, nor does wickedness deliver those who practice it.
So he summoned him and said to him, ‘What is this that I hear about you? Give me an accounting of your management because you cannot be my manager any longer.’
But Abraham said, ‘Child, remember that during your lifetime you received your good things and Lazarus in like manner evil things, but now he is comforted here, and you are in agony.