Job 21:16

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Lo, their good 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 ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
• Ps 49:6-7 : 6 They that trust{H8802)} in their wealth, and boast{H8691)} themselves in the multitude of their riches; 7 None of them can by any means{H8800)} redeem{H8799)} his brother, nor give{H8799)} to God a ransom for him:
• Ps 52:5-7 : 5 God shall likewise destroy{H8799)} thee for ever, he shall take thee away{H8799)}, and pluck thee out{H8799)} of thy dwelling place, and root thee out{H8765)} of the land of the living. Selah. 6 The righteous also shall see{H8799)}, and fear{H8799)}, and shall laugh{H8799)} at him: 7 Lo, this is the man that made{H8799)} not God his strength; but trusted{H8799)} in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened{H8799)} 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 in the day of death: and there is no discharge in that war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it.
• Luke 16:2 : 2 And he called him, and said unto him, How is it that I hear this of thee? give an account of thy stewardship; for thou mayest be no longer steward.
• Luke 16:25 : 25 But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.
• Gen 49:6 : 6 O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united: for in their anger they slew a man, and in their selfwill they digged down a wall.
• Job 1:21 : 21 And said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.
• Job 12:9-9 : 9 Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the LORD hath wrought this? 10 In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind.