Job 21:16 — Compare All Translations

English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

Lo, not in their hand [is] their good, (The counsel of the wicked Hath been far from me.)

English ASV

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

English Amplified

But notice, [you say] the prosperity of the wicked is not in their power; the mystery [of God's dealings] with the ungodly is far from my comprehension.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

But notice, [you say] the prosperity of the wicked is not in their power; the mystery [of God's dealings] with the ungodly is far from my comprehension.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

Still, their prosperity is not in their own hands, so I stay far from the counsel of the wicked.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

But their prosperity is not of their own doing. The counsel of the wicked is far from me!

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

Behold, their prosperity is not in their hand. The counsel of the wicked be far from me!

English EASY 2024

They think that they have made themselves rich. But it is not true. So I do not listen to the things that wicked people say.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

"Of course, evil people don't make their own success. I would never follow their advice.

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

English GNT (Good News Translation)

They claim they succeed by their own strength, but their way of thinking I can't accept.

English God's Word - GW 1995

Anyhow, isn't their happiness in their own power? (The plan of the wicked is foreign to my way of thinking.)

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

But their prosperity is not of their own doing. The counsel of the wicked is far from me!

English KJV 1611

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

English LSB

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

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

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

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

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

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

If their happiness is not in their own hands and if the counsel of the wicked is repulsive to God,

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

But their prosperity is not their own doing. The counsel of the wicked is far from me!

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

But they aren't in control of their own success. So I don't pay any attention to the advice they give.

English NIV

But their prosperity is not in their own hands, so I stand aloof from the counsel of the wicked.

English NKJ 1982

Indeed their prosperity is not in their hand; The counsel of the wicked is far from me.

English NLT

But their prosperity is not of their own doing, so I will have nothing to do with that kind of thinking.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

Is not their prosperity indeed their own achievement? The plans of the wicked are repugnant to me.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

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

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

“Look, everything the wicked touch has turned to gold! But I refuse even to deal with people like that.

English Tyndale 1537

Lo, there is utterly no goodness in them, therefore will not I have to do with the counsel of the ungodly.

Job 21:16 — Compare Translations