Job 21:16
Lo, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
In other versions
Lo, their prosperity is not in their hand: The counsel of the wicked is far from me.
ASV
Truly, is not their well-being in their power? (The purpose of the evil-doers is far from me.)
BBE
Behold, their prosperity is not in their hand. The counsel of the wicked be far from me!
DBY
Behold, their prosperity is not in their hand: The counsel of the wicked is far from me.
WEB
Lo, not in their hand `is' their good, (The counsel of the wicked Hath been far from me.)
YLT
Lo, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
ENG
Lo, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
WBT
Still, their prosperity is not in their own hands, so I stay far from the counsel of the wicked.
BSB
In context
14Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.
15What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?
16Lo, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
17How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and how oft cometh their destruction upon them! God distributeth sorrows in his anger.
18They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away.
