Job 21:16

World English Bible (WEB)

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

In context

14 They tell God, ‘Depart from us, for we don’t want to know about your ways.

15 What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? What profit should we have, if we pray to him?’

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

17 “How often is it that the lamp of the wicked is put out, that their calamity comes on them, that God distributes sorrows in his anger?

18 How often is it that they are as stubble before the wind, as chaff that the storm carries away?

WEB World English Bible: Behold, their prosperity is not in their hand. The counsel of the wicked is far from me.
KJV King James Version: Lo, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
BSB Berean Standard Bible: Still, their prosperity is not in their own hands, so I stay far from the counsel of the wicked.
ASV American Standard Version: Lo, their prosperity is not in their hand: The counsel of the wicked is far from me.
YLT Young's Literal Translation: Lo, not in their hand [is] their good, (The counsel of the wicked Hath been far from me.)
DBY Darby Translation: Behold, their prosperity is not in their hand. The counsel of the wicked be far from me!
WBS Webster Bible: Lo, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.