Job 22 · Verse 18

Job 22:18

Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
Job 22:18, King James Version

Job 22:18 in other translations

BSBBut it was He who filled their houses with good things; so I stay far from the counsel of the wicked.
WEBYet he filled their houses with good things, but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
ASVYet he filled their houses with good things: But the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
YLTAnd he hath filled their houses with good: (And the counsel of the wicked Hath been far from me.)
DARBYYet he filled their houses with good. But the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
BBEThough he made their houses full of good things: but the purpose of the evil-doers is far from me!
WebsterYet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

What does Job 22:18 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
18. "Yet" you say (see on Job 21:16) that it is "He who filled their houses with good"--"their good is not in their hand," but comes from God. but the counsel ... is--rather, "may the counsel be," &c. Eliphaz sarcastically quotes in continuation Job's words (Job 21:16). Yet, after uttering this godless sentiment, thou dost hypocritically add, "May the counsel," &c.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 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," etc., 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."

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 22:15-20

Eliphaz would have Job mark the old way that wicked men have trodden, and see what the end of their way was. It is good for us to mark it, that we may not walk therein. But if others are consumed, and we are not, instead of blaming them, and lifting up ourselves, as Eliphaz does here, we ought to be thankful to God, and take it for a warning.

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Job 22:18 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְה֤וּאve.Hu'and heH1931
מִלֵּ֣אmi.Le'he filledH4390
בָתֵּיהֶ֣םva.tei.Hemhouses theirH1004
ט֑וֹבTovgood thing[s]H2896
וַעֲצַ֥תva.'a.Tzatand [the] counsel ofH6098
רְ֝שָׁעִ֗יםre.sha.'Imwicked [people]H7563
רָ֣חֲקָהRa.cha.kahit is farH7368
מֶֽנִּי\׃Me.nifrom meH4480

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Cross references for Job 22:18

  • Job 21:16

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

  • Job 12:6

    The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.

  • 1 Samuel 2:7

    The Lord maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up.

  • Jeremiah 12:2

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

  • Psalms 17:14

    From men which are thy hand, O Lord, from men of the world, which have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes.

  • Acts 14:17

    Nevertheless he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.

  • Psalms 1:1

    Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.

  • Acts 15:16

    After this I will return, and will build again the tabernacle of David, which is fallen down; and I will build again the ruins thereof, and I will set it up:

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
he filled.
12:6; 1Sa 2:7; Ps 17:14; Jer 12:2; Ac 14:17; 15:16
the counsel.
21:16; Ps 1:1

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Context

  • Job 22:17

    Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them?

  • Job 22:18

    Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

  • Job 22:19

    The righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn.

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Job 22:18 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Habíales él henchido sus casas de bienes. Sea empero el consejo de ellos lejos de mí.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Quoiqu’il ait rempli de biens leurs maisons. Mais que le conseil des méchants soit loin de moi!
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und doch hatte er ihre Häuser mit Wohlstand erfüllt. -Aber der Rat der Gesetzlosen sei fern von mir! -
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		cum ille implesset domos eorum bonis: quorum sententia procul sit a me.