Job 21:16
Modern Translations
New International Version
But their prosperity is not in their own hands, so I stand aloof from the plans of the wicked.

New Living Translation
(They think their prosperity is of their own doing, but I will have nothing to do with that kind of thinking.)

English Standard Version
Behold, is not their prosperity in their hand? The counsel of the wicked is far from me.

Berean Study Bible
Still, their prosperity is not in their own hands, so I stay far from the counsel of the wicked.

New American Standard Bible
“Behold, their prosperity is not in their hand; The advice of the wicked is far from me.

NASB 1995
"Behold, their prosperity is not in their hand; The counsel of the wicked is far from me.

NASB 1977
“Behold, their prosperity is not in their hand; The counsel of the wicked is far from me.

Amplified Bible
But notice, the prosperity of the wicked is not in their hand (in their power); The counsel of the wicked [and the mystery of God’s dealings with the ungodly] is far from my comprehension.

Christian Standard Bible
But their prosperity is not of their own doing. The counsel of the wicked is far from me!

Holman Christian Standard Bible
But their prosperity is not of their own doing. The counsel of the wicked is far from me!

Contemporary English Version
We succeeded all on our own." And so, I keep away from them and their evil schemes.

Good News Translation
They claim they succeed by their own strength, but their way of thinking I can't accept.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Anyhow, isn't their happiness in their own power? (The plan of the wicked is foreign to my way of thinking.)

International Standard Version
Behold! Their prosperity isn't in their control! The counsel of the wicked will remain far from me."

NET Bible
But their prosperity is not their own doing. The counsel of the wicked is far from me!
Classic Translations
King James Bible
Lo, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

New King James Version
Indeed their prosperity is not in their hand; The counsel of the wicked is far from me.

King James 2000 Bible
Lo, their prosperity is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

New Heart English Bible
Look, their prosperity is not in their hand. The counsel of the wicked is far from me.

World English Bible
Behold, their prosperity is not in their hand. The counsel of the wicked is far from me.

American King James Version
See, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

American Standard Version
Lo, their prosperity is not in their hand: The counsel of the wicked is far from me.

A Faithful Version
Behold, their prosperity is not in their hand; the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

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

English Revised Version
Lo, their prosperity is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

Webster's Bible Translation
Lo, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
Lo, their wealth is not in their hand: therfore let the counsell of the wicked bee farre from me.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
Lo, there is vtterly no goodnesse in their hande, therefore wyll I not haue to do with the counsaile of the vngodly.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
Lo, there is vtterly no goodnesse in them, therfore will not I haue to do with the councell of the vngodly.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
Behold, their good [is] not in their hand "" (The counsel of the wicked "" Has been far from me).

Young's Literal Translation
Lo, not in their hand is their good, (The counsel of the wicked Hath been far from me.)

Smith's Literal Translation
Behold, their good not in the hand: the counsel of the unjust was far from me.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Yet because their good things are not in their hand, may the counsel of the wicked be far from 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!

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
Behold, their benefit was not by their hands, and the thinking of the wicked is far from me

Lamsa Bible
Lo, they have no power over their prosperity; the counsel of the ungodly is far from me.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Lo, their prosperity is not in their hand; The counsel of the wicked is far from me.

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
















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