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the Week of Proper 11 / Ordinary 16
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Complete Jewish Bible

Job 22:18

Yet he himself had filled their homes with good things! (But the advice of the wicked is far away from me.)

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Blessing;   Sin;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Eliphaz;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Greatness of God;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Job, the Book of;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
But it was he who filled their houses with good things.The counsel of the wicked is far from me!
Hebrew Names Version
Yet he filled their houses with good things, But the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
King James Version
Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
English Standard Version
Yet he filled their houses with good things— but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
New Century Version
But it was God who filled their houses with good things. Their way of thinking is different from mine.
New English Translation
But it was he who filled their houses with good things— yet the counsel of the wicked was far from me.
Amplified Bible
"Yet He filled their houses with good things; But the counsel of the wicked and ungodly is far from me.
New American Standard Bible
"Yet He filled their houses with good things; But the advice of the wicked is far from me.
World English Bible
Yet he filled their houses with good things, But the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Yet hee filled their houses with good things: but let the counsell of the wicked be farre from me.
Legacy Standard Bible
Yet He filled their houses with good things,But the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
Berean Standard Bible
But it was He who filled their houses with good things; so I stay far from the counsel of the wicked.
Contemporary English Version
although he had been kind to their families. The beliefs of these sinners are truly disgusting.
Darby Translation
Yet he filled their houses with good. But the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
Easy-to-Read Version
And it was God who filled their houses with good things. No, I would never follow the advice of evil people.
George Lamsa Translation
Yet he filled their houses with good things, and the counsel of the wicked kept away from them.
Good News Translation
And yet it was God who made them prosperous— I can't understand the thoughts of the wicked.
Lexham English Bible
Yet he himself filled up their houses with good things, but the schemes of the wicked are repugnant to me.
Literal Translation
Yet He filled their houses with substance; and the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
where as he (not with stodinge) fylleth their houses wt all good. Which meanynge of the vngodly be farre fro me.
American Standard Version
Yet he filled their houses with good things: But the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
Bible in Basic English
Though he made their houses full of good things: but the purpose of the evil-doers is far from me!
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Yet He filled their houses with good things--but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
King James Version (1611)
Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsell of the wicked is farre from me.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
He filled their houses with good things: but the counsell of the vngodly be farre from me.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel for the wicked is far from him.
English Revised Version
Yet he fired their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
whanne he hadde fillid her housis with goodis; the sentence of whiche men be fer fro me.
Update Bible Version
Yet he filled their houses with good things: But the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
Webster's Bible Translation
Yet he filled their houses with good [things]: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
New King James Version
Yet He filled their houses with good things; But the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
New Living Translation
Yet he was the one who filled their homes with good things, so I will have nothing to do with that kind of thinking.
New Life Bible
Yet He filled their houses with good things. But the wisdom of the sinful is far from me.
New Revised Standard
Yet he filled their houses with good things— but the plans of the wicked are repugnant to me.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Yet, he, had filled their houses with good! The counsel of the lawless, then, is far from me:
Douay-Rheims Bible
Whereas he had filled their houses with good things: whose way of thinking be far from me.
Revised Standard Version
Yet he filled their houses with good things--but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
Young's Literal Translation
And he hath filled their houses [with] good: (And the counsel of the wicked Hath been far from me.)
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Yet He filled their houses with good things; But the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

Contextual Overview

15 "Are you going to keep to the old way, the one the wicked have trodden, 16 the ones snatched away before their time, whose foundations a flood swept away? 17 They said to God, ‘Leave us alone! What can Shaddai do to us?' 18 Yet he himself had filled their homes with good things! (But the advice of the wicked is far away from me.) 19 The righteous saw this and rejoiced; the innocent laughed them to scorn — 20 ‘Indeed, our substance has not been not cut off, but the fire has consumed their wealth.'

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

he filled: Job 12:6, 1 Samuel 2:7, Psalms 17:14, Jeremiah 12:2, Acts 14:17, Acts 15:16

the counsel: Job 21:16, Psalms 1:1

Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 20:20 - Far be it Job 12:9 - the hand Luke 15:13 - and took Luke 16:25 - thy good

Cross-References

Genesis 18:18
inasmuch as Avraham is sure to become a great and strong nation, and all the nations of the earth will be blessed by him?
Genesis 22:1
(vii) After these things, God tested Avraham. He said to him, "Avraham!" and he answered, "Here I am."
Genesis 22:3
Avraham got up early in the morning, saddled his donkey, and took two of his young men with him, together with Yitz'chak his son. He cut the wood for the burnt offering, departed and went toward the place God had told him about.
Genesis 22:4
On the third day, Avraham raised his eyes and saw the place in the distance.
Genesis 22:5
Avraham said to his young men, "Stay here with the donkey. I and the boy will go there, worship and return to you."
Genesis 22:8
Avraham replied, "God will provide himself the lamb for a burnt offering, my son"; and they both went on together.
Genesis 22:9
They came to the place God had told him about; and Avraham built the altar there, set the wood in order, bound Yitz'chak his son and laid him on the altar, on the wood.
Genesis 22:10
Then Avraham put out his hand and took the knife to kill his son.
1 Samuel 2:30
"Therefore Adonai the God of Isra'el says, ‘I did indeed say that your family and your father's family would walk in my presence forever.' But now Adonai says, ‘Forget it! I respect those who respect me, but those who despise me will meet with contempt.
Psalms 72:17
May his name endure forever, his name, Yinnon, as long as the sun. May people bless themselves in him, may all nations call him happy.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Yet he filled their houses with good [things],.... With temporal good things, with this world's good, with plenty of providential goodness; earthly enjoyments are good things in themselves, and in their effects, when rightly used, and these wicked men have their share of; this is their portion, they have their good things in this life, and a large abundance of them oftentimes; their hearts are filled with food, and should be with gladness and thankfulness; their bellies are filled with hidden treasures; their barns with corn and wheat, and such like fruits of the earth; their shops with all manner of goods; their dwelling houses with gold and silver, with rich furniture, and all precious substance; and all this is from God, every good gift comes from him; the earth is full of his goodness; though these men say, "what can the Almighty do for them?"

Job 22:17; this shows, that what they have they are not deserving of; and what is bestowed upon them is not from any merit in them, but according to the sovereign will and pleasure of God; find this is an aggravation of their wickedness, that notwithstanding he has loaded them with his benefits, and indulged them with such a plenty of good things, yet they spurn at him, rebel against him, and bid him depart from them; which conduct of theirs Eliphaz expresses his abhorrence of:

but the counsel of the wicked is far from me; such impious reasonings, and wicked practices, he was far from justifying; he had them in the utmost detestation, and could not but abhor such vile ingratitude; he makes use of Job's words, Job 21:16; which he thought he could do to better purpose, and with greater sincerity.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Yet he filled their houses with good things - This is undoubtedly a biting sarcasm. Job had maintained that such people were prosperous. “Yes,” says Eliphaz, “their houses were well filled! They were signally blessed and prospered!”

But the counsel of the wicked is far from me - This is the very language of Job, Job 21:16. It is used here sarcastically. “Far from me,” you say, “be the counsel of the wicked. Thus you defend them, and attempt to show that they are the favorites of heaven! You attempt to prove that God must and will bless them! Far from me, say I, be the counsel of the wicked! With them I have no part, no lot. I will not defend them ... I will not be their advocate!” The object is, to show that, notwithstanding all that Job had said, he was secretly the advocate of the wicked, and stood up as their friend.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Job 22:18. But the counsel of the wicked is far from me. — Sarcastically quoting Job's words, Job 21:14; Job 21:16. Job, having in the preceding chapter described the wicked, who said unto the Almighty, "Depart from us," &c., adds, But the counsel of the wicked is far from me. Eliphaz here, having described the impious, among whom he evidently ranks Job, makes use of the same expression, as if he had said, "Thank God, I have no connection with you nor your companions, nor is my mind contaminated by your creed."


 
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