Job 22:18
Good News Translation
And yet it was God who made them prosperous--I can't understand the thoughts of the wicked.

New Revised Standard Version
Yet he filled their houses with good things— but the plans of the wicked are repugnant to me.

Contemporary English Version
although he had been kind to their families. The beliefs of these sinners are truly disgusting.

New American Bible
Yet he had filled their houses with good things. The designs of the wicked are far from me!

Douay-Rheims Bible
Whereas he had filled their houses with good things: whose way of thinking be far from me.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Whereas he had filled their houses with good things: whose way of thinking be far from me.

he filled

Job 12:6 The tabernacles of robbers abound, and they provoke God boldly; whereas it is he that hath given all into their hands:

1 Samuel 2:7 The Lord maketh poor and maketh rich, he humbleth and he exalteth:

Psalm 17:14 From the enemies of thy hand. O Lord, divide them from the few of the earth in their life: their belly is filled from thy hidden stores. They are full of children: and they have left to their little ones the rest of their substance.

Jeremiah 12:2 Thou hast planted them, and they have taken root: they prosper and bring forth fruit: thou art near in their mouth, and far from their reins.

Acts 14:17 Nevertheless he left not himself without testimony, doing good from heaven, giving rains and fruitful Seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.

Acts 15:16 After these things I will return and will rebuild the tabernacle of David, which is fallen down: and the ruins thereof I will rebuild. And I will set it up:

the counsel

Job 21:16 Yet because their good things are not in their hand, may the counsel of the wicked be far from me.

Psalm 1:1 Blessed is the man who hath not walked in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stood in the way of sinners, nor sat in the chair of pestilence:

Context
Eliphaz Exhorts Job
17Who said to God: Depart from us: and looked upon the Almighty as if he could do nothing: 18Whereas he had filled their houses with good things: whose way of thinking be far from me.19The just shall see, and shall rejoice, and the innocent shall laugh them to scorn.…
Cross References
Job 10:3
Doth it seem good to thee that thou shouldst calumniate me, and oppress me, the work of thy own hands, and help the counsel of the wicked?

Job 12:6
The tabernacles of robbers abound, and they provoke God boldly; whereas it is he that hath given all into their hands:

Job 21:16
Yet because their good things are not in their hand, may the counsel of the wicked be far from me.

Job 22:17
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