Job 21:16

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הֵ֤ן לֹ֣א בְיָדָ֣ם טוּבָ֑ם עֲצַ֥ת רְ֝שָׁעִ֗ים רָ֣חֲקָה מֶֽנִּי׃

Transliteration

hēn lōʾ bə-yādām ṭûbām ʿăṣat rəšāʿîm rāḥăqâ mennî

Grammar Details

• *hēn*: interjection - behold/indeed
• *lōʾ*: negative particle - not
• *bə-yādām*: preposition + noun feminine singular construct with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - in their hand
• *ṭûbām*: noun masculine singular construct with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their prosperity
• *ʿăṣat*: noun feminine singular construct - counsel of
• *rəšāʿîm*: noun masculine plural - wicked ones
• *rāḥăqâ*: Qal perfect, 3rd person feminine singular - is far
• *mennî*: preposition with 1st person singular suffix - from me

Word Meanings

• *yād*: hand/power
• *ṭûb*: goodness/prosperity/wealth
• *ʿēṣâ*: counsel/advice/plan
• *rāšāʿ*: wicked/guilty person
• *rāḥaq*: to be far/distant

Referenced Verses

• Job 22:18 : 18 Yet he filled their houses with good things: But the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
• Ps 1:1 : 1 Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the wicked, Nor standeth in the way of sinners, Nor sitteth in the seat of scoffers:
• Ps 49:6-7 : 6 They that trust in their wealth, And boast themselves in the multitude of their riches; 7 None [of them] can by any means redeem his brother, Nor give to God a ransom for him;
• Ps 52:5-7 : 5 God will likewise destroy thee for ever; He will take thee up, and pluck thee out of thy tent, And root thee out of the land of the living. {H5542} 6 The righteous also shall see [it], and fear, And shall laugh at him, [saying], 7 Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength, But trusted in the abundance of his riches, And strengthened himself in his wickedness.
• Prov 1:10 : 10 My son, if sinners entice thee, Consent thou not.
• Prov 5:8 : 8 Remove thy way far from her, And come not nigh the door of her house;
• Eccl 8:8 : 8 There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power over the day of death; and there is no discharge in war: neither shall wickedness deliver him that is given to it.
• Luke 16:2 : 2 And he called him, and said unto him, What is this that I hear of thee? render the account of thy stewardship; for thou canst be no longer steward.
• Luke 16:25 : 25 But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and Lazarus in like manner evil things: but now here he is comforted, and thou art in anguish.
• Gen 49:6 : 6 O my soul, come not thou into their council; Unto their assembly, my glory, be not thou united; For in their anger they slew a man, And in their self-will they hocked [ an ox.]
• Job 1:21 : 21 and he said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: Jehovah gave, and Jehovah hath taken away; blessed be the name of Jehovah.
• Job 12:9-9 : 9 Who knoweth not in all these, That the hand of Jehovah hath wrought this, 10 In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, And the breath of all mankind?