job 21:16 Lo, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

job 21:16 "Behold, their prosperity is not in their hand; The counsel of the wicked is far from me.

16. not in their hand--but in the hand of God. This is Job's difficulty, that God who has sinners prosperity (good) in His hand should allow them to have it.
is--rather, "may the counsel of the wicked be far from me!" [UMBREIT]. This naturally follows the sentiment of the first clause: Let me not hereby be thought to regard with aught but horror the ways of the wicked, however prosperous.

job 21:16 "Behold, their prosperity is not in their hand; The counsel of the wicked is far from me.

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