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Job 22:18 Cross-References
Explore 8 cross-references for Job 22:18 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Job chapter 22 verse 18 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.”
Job 22:18 (KJV)
Commentary on Job 22:18
Yet he filled their houses with good things (וְהוּא מִלֵּא בָתֵּיהֶם טוֹב)—Mille (filled) indicates abundance; tov (good things) means material prosperity. Eliphaz acknowledges God's generosity even to the wicked—a fact that contradicts strict retribution theology but which he doesn't explore.But the counsel of the wicked is far from me (וַעֲצַת רְשָׁעִים רָחֲקָה מִמֶּנִּי)—This is Job's own statement from 21:16! Eliphaz quotes Job's explicit distancing from the wicked's philosophy and somehow uses it to accuse Job of holding that philosophy. The logical incoherence reveals Eliphaz's desperati...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Job 22:18
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“their prosperity is not in their hand. The counsel of the wicked is far from me.”
“who carry their God in their hands.”
“yes”
“and makes rich. He brings low”
“Yahweh”
“in that he did good and gave you{TR reads us instead of you} rains from the sky and fruitful seasons”
“nor stand in the way of sinners”
“which has fallen. I will again build its ruins. I will set it up”