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Job 21:16

King James Version (KJV)

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Job 21:16

Verse 16 of 34

Scripture focus

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

Job 21:16 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Job 21:16

Theological / Devotional

In their hand. Some render this sentence as a question, “Is not their good in their hand?”

Counsel. The clause may be translated: “Be the counsel of the wicked far from me!” Satan had charged Job with serving God for temporal reward. Job disproved this charge by clinging to God, even though he could not understand God’s ways. Now he goes further, and declines to cast his lot with the wicked even though he recognizes that they are prosperous and he is not.

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