Job 22:18

Eliphaz: Can a Man Be of Use to God? · Job 22:1–30
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Translations

Modern
But it was He who filled their houses with good things; so I stay far from the counsel of the wicked.
Traditional
Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
Literal
Yet He filled their houses with good—and the counsel of the wicked, may it be far from me!
Latin
…cum ille implesset domos eorum bonis: quorum sententia procul sit a me.

Original

Hebrew
English
But it was He who filled their houses with good things; so I stay far from the counsel of the wicked.

Notes

so I stay far from the counsel of the wicked: Eliphaz repeated Job’s words to him (21:16b).

Events

Glossary

Book of Job Eliphaz

Topics

Blessing: Temporal, from God God: Providence of Sin: Repugnant to Righteous People