But it was He who filled their houses with good things; so I stay far from the counsel of the wicked.
Parallel translations
- WEB Yet he filled their houses with good things, but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
- KJV Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
- NKJV Yet He filled their houses with good things; But the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
- NASB “Yet He filled their houses with good things; But the advice of the wicked is far from me.
- NLT Yet he was the one who filled their homes with good things, so I will have nothing to do with that kind of thinking.
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Quick answer
Eliphaz admits that God filled even the wicked's houses with good things, then distances himself from their counsel. He concedes their prosperity yet disowns their way.
Overview
Strikingly, Eliphaz here repeats almost verbatim Job's own line, 'the counsel of the wicked is far from me' (Job 21:16). He acknowledges God blesses even the ungodly with good things, a tension within his own argument. The verse shows the friends grappling, however inconsistently, with the same hard reality Job has pressed: God's goodness reaches even the undeserving.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 8
- Job 21:16Still, their prosperity is not in their own hands, so I stay far from the counsel of the wicked.
- Job 12:6The tents of robbers are safe, and those who provoke God are secure—those who carry their god in their hands.
- 1 Sam 2:7The LORD sends poverty and wealth; He humbles and He exalts.
- Acts 14:17Yet He has not left Himself without testimony to His goodness: He gives you rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, filling your hearts with food and gladness.”
- Ps 17:14from such men, O LORD, by Your hand—from men of the world whose portion is in this life. May You fill the bellies of Your treasured ones and satisfy their sons, so they leave their abundance to their children.
- Jer 12:2You planted them, and they have taken root. They have grown and produced fruit. You are ever on their lips, but far from their hearts.
- Ps 1:1Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, or set foot on the path of sinners, or sit in the seat of mockers.
- Acts 15:16‘After this I will return and rebuild the fallen tent of David. Its ruins I will rebuild, and I will restore it,
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