Verse List for JOB 21:16

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Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal Speaker(s)=Iyyov (All still tentative.)

OET (OET-RV) ⇔  However, their prosperity isn’t in their hands. ⇔ I keep far away from the advice of wicked people.

OET-LV THERE not is_in_their _own _of_hand prosperity _of_their the_counsel _of wicked_people it _is _far from_me.

ULT Behold, their prosperity, is not in their hand! ⇔  May the counsel of the wicked, be far from me!

UST Wicked people wrongly think that they have become prosperous because of what they have done. ⇔  I want to think completely differently from the way they think.

BSB & MSB Still, their prosperity [is] not in their own hands, ⇔  so I stay far from the counsel of the wicked.

OEB No OEB JOB book available

WEBBE & WMBB Behold, their prosperity is not in their hand. ⇔  The counsel of the wicked is far from me.

NET But their prosperity is not their own doing. ⇔ The counsel of the wicked is far from me!

LSV Behold, their good [is] not in their hand
(The counsel of the wicked
Has been far from me).

FBV Such people believe they make their own fortune, but I don't accept their way of thinking.[fn]

T4T Think about it: Wicked people think that it is because of what they have done that they have become prosperous, ⇔  but I do not understand why they think like that.

LEB • Look, their prosperity is not in their hands;
• the schemes of the wicked are repugnant[fn] to me.

BBE Truly, is not their well-being in their power? (The purpose of the evil-doers is far from me.)

Moff Are they not masters of their fortunes? ⇔  Does God concern himself with what they scheme?

JPS Lo, their prosperity is not in their hand; the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

ASV Lo, their prosperity is not in their hand: ⇔ The counsel of the wicked is far from me.

DRA Yet because their good things are not in their hand, may the counsel of the wicked be far from me.

YLT Lo, not in their hand [is] their good, (The counsel of the wicked Hath been far from me.)

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

RV Lo, their prosperity is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
(Lo, their prosperity is not in their hand: the council/counsel of the wicked is far from me.)

SLT Behold, their good not in the hand: the counsel of the unjust was far from me.

Wbstr Lo, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

KJB-1769 Lo, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
(Lo, their good is not in their hand: the council/counsel of the wicked is far from me.)

KJB-1611 Loe, their good is not in their hand, the counsell of the wicked is farre from me.
(Lo, their good is not in their hand, the council of the wicked is far from me.)

Bshps Lo, there is vtterly no goodnesse in their hande, therefore wyll I not haue to do with the counsaile of the vngodly.
(Lo, there is utterly no goodness in their hand, therefore will I not have to do with the counsaile of the ungodly.)

Gnva Lo, their wealth is not in their hand: therfore let the counsell of the wicked bee farre from me.
(Lo, their wealth is not in their hand: therefore let the council of the wicked be far from me.)

Cvdl Lo, there is vtterly no goodnesse in them, therfore will not I haue to do with the councell of the vngodly.
(Lo, there is utterly no goodness in them, therefore will not I have to do with the council/counsel of the ungodly.)

Wycl Netheles for her goodis ben not in her hond, `that is, power, the counsel of wickid men be fer fro me.
(Nevertheless for her goods been not in her hand, that is, power, the council/counsel of wicked men be far from me.)

Luth Aber siehe, ihr Gut stehet nicht in ihren Händen; darum soll der GOttlosen Sinn ferne von mir sein.
(But see/look, you(pl)/their/her good_(one) stands not in your(pl) hands; therefore should the/of_the godless_one(s) sense(n) distant from to_me be.)

ClVg Verumtamen quia non sunt in manu eorum bona sua, consilium impiorum longe sit a me.[fn]
(Nevertheless because not/no are in/into/on by_hand their good(s) his_own, advice of_the_wicked far_away be from me.)

UHB הֵ֤ן לֹ֣א בְ⁠יָדָ֣⁠ם טוּבָ֑⁠ם עֲצַ֥ת רְ֝שָׁעִ֗ים רָ֣חֲקָה מֶֽ⁠נִּי׃ ‡

BrLXX Ἐν χερσὶ γὰρ ἦν αὐτῶν τὰ ἀγαθὰ, ἔργα δὲ ἀσεβῶν οὐκ ἐφορᾷ.

BrTr For their good things were in their hands, but he regards not the works of the ungodly.