May I never enter their council; may I never join their assembly. For in their anger they kill men, and on a whim they hamstring oxen.
Job 21:16 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised But their prosperity is not of their own doing. The counsel of the wicked is far from me! Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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 enter their council; may I never join their assembly. For in their anger they kill men, and on a whim they hamstring oxen.
saying: Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will leave this life. , The Lord gives, and the Lord takes away. Blessed be the name of the Lord.
Is it good for you to oppress, to reject the work of your hands, and favour the plans of the wicked?
But it was he who filled their houses with good things. The counsel of the wicked is far from me!
No one has authority over the wind to restrain it, and there is no authority over the day of death; no one is discharged during battle, and wickedness will not allow those who practise it to escape.
So he called the manager in and asked, “What is this I hear about you? Give an account of your management, because you can no longer be my manager.”
‘ “Son,” Abraham said, “remember that during your life you received your good things, just as Lazarus received bad things, but now he is comforted here, while you are in agony.