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Job 22:18

And it was God who filled their houses with good things. No, I would never follow the advice of evil people.

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.
Complete Jewish Bible
Yet he himself had filled their homes with good things! (But the advice of the wicked is far away from me.)
Darby Translation
Yet he filled their houses with good. But the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
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 "Job, you are walking on the old path that evil people walked on long ago. 16 They were destroyed before it was their time to die. They were washed away by the flood. 17 They told God, ‘Leave us alone!' and said, ‘God All-Powerful cannot do anything to us!' 18 And it was God who filled their houses with good things. No, I would never follow the advice of evil people. 19 Those who do what is right are happy to see them destroyed. The innocent laugh at them and say, 20 ‘Surely our enemies are destroyed! Their wealth burned up in the fire!'

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
Abraham will become a great and powerful nation, and all the nations on earth will be blessed because of him.
Genesis 22:1
After these things God decided to test Abraham's faith. God said to him, "Abraham!" And he said, "Yes!"
Genesis 22:3
In the morning Abraham got up and saddled his donkey. He took Isaac and two servants with him. He cut the wood for the sacrifice. Then they went to the place where God told them to go.
Genesis 22:4
After they traveled three days, Abraham looked up, and in the distance he saw the place where they were going.
Genesis 22:5
Then he said to his servants, "Stay here with the donkey. The boy and I will go to that place and worship. Then we will come back to you later."
Genesis 22:8
Abraham answered, "God himself is providing the lamb for the sacrifice, my son." So both Abraham and his son went together to that place.
Genesis 22:9
When they came to the place where God told them to go, Abraham built an altar. He carefully laid the wood on the altar. Then he tied up his son Isaac and laid him on the altar on top of the wood.
Genesis 22:10
Then Abraham reached for his knife to kill his son.
1 Samuel 2:30
"The Lord , the God of Israel, promised that your father's family would serve him forever. But now the Lord says, ‘That will never be! I will honor people who honor me, but bad things will happen to those who refuse to respect me.
Psalms 72:17
May the king be famous forever. May people remember his name as long as the sun shines. May all nations be blessed through him, and may they all bless him.

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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