Job 21:16
Strong's Lexicon
Yet
הֵ֤ן (hên)
Interjection
Strong's Hebrew 2005: interj 1) behold, lo, though hypothetical part 2) if

their prosperity [is]
טוּבָ֑ם (ṭū·ḇām)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 2898: 1) goods, good things, goodness 1a) good things 1b) goods, property 1c) fairness, beauty, joy, prosperity, goodness (abstract) 1d) goodness (of taste, discernment) 1e) goodness (of God) (abstract)

not
לֹ֣א ()
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: 1) not, no 1a) not (with verb-absolute prohibition) 1b) not (with modifier-negation) 1c) nothing (subst) 1d) without (with particle) 1e) before (of time)

in their own hands,
בְיָדָ֣ם (ḇə·yā·ḏām)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3027: 1) hand 1a) hand (of man) 1b) strength, power (fig.) 1c) side (of land), part, portion (metaph.) (fig.) 1d) (various special, technical senses) 1d1) sign, monument 1d2) part, fractional part, share 1d3) time, repetition 1d4) axle-trees, axle 1d5) stays, support (for laver) 1d6) tenons (in tabernacle) 1d7) a phallus, a hand (meaning unsure) 1d8) wrists

so I stay far
רָ֣חֲקָה (rā·ḥă·qāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7368: v 1) to be or become far, be or become distant, be removed, go far away 1a) (Qal) to be far, be distant 1b) (Piel) to send far away, extend 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to make or exhibit distance, be gone far 1c2) to remove, put far away 2) (Niphal) loose v inf (as adv) 3) at a distance

מֶֽנִּי׃ (men·nî)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 4480: prep 1) from, out of, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not, more than 1a) from (expressing separation), off, on the side of 1b) out of 1b1) (with verbs of proceeding, removing, expelling) 1b2) (of material from which something is made) 1b3) (of source or origin) 1c) out of, some of, from (partitively) 1d) from, since, after (of time) 1e) than, more than (in comparison) 1f) from...even to, both...and, either...or 1g) than, more than, too much for (in comparisons) 1h) from, on account of, through, because (with infinitive) conj 2) that

from the counsel
עֲצַ֥ת (‘ă·ṣaṯ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 6098: 1) counsel, advice, purpose

of the wicked.
רְ֝שָׁעִ֗ים (rə·šā·‘îm)
Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7563: 1) wicked, criminal 1a) guilty one, one guilty of crime (subst) 1b) wicked (hostile to God) 1c) wicked, guilty of sin (against God or man)

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

Young's Literal Translation
Lo, not in their hand [is] their good, (The counsel of the wicked Hath been 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! 

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

King James Bible
Lo, their good [is] not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
Parallel Verses
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.

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

King James Bible
Lo, their good is not in their hand: 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!

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!

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

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
















Cross References
Job 10:3
Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, that thou shouldest despise the work of thine hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked?

Job 22:18
Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

Job 1:1
There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.

Job 21:15
What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?

Job 21:14
Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.

Job 21:13
They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave.

Job 21:17
How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and how oft cometh their destruction upon them! God distributeth sorrows in his anger.

Job 21:18
They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away.

Job 21:19
God layeth up his iniquity for his children: he rewardeth him, and he shall know it.
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