King James Version
Job 21:16 in the King James Version says “Lo, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.” — study this verse from Job chapter 21 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Lo, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.”
Job 21:16 · KJV
Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.
What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?
Lo, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and how oft cometh their destruction upon them! God distributeth sorrows in his anger. candle: or, lamp
They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away. carrieth: Heb. stealeth
KJV Study — Public Domain
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“is not in their hand”
H3027a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from h3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great v
“Lo their good”
H2898good (as a noun), in the widest sense, especially goodness (superlative concretely, the best), beauty, gladness, welfare
“is far”
H7368to widen (in any direction), i.e., (intransitively) recede or (transitively) remove (literally or figuratively, of place or relation)
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