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Job 22:17–18

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17They said to God, ‘Leave us alone!

What can you do to us, you Mighty One?’

18But he was the one who filled their houses with good things.

So I don’t pay any attention to the advice they give.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

They said to God, ‘Depart from us,’

and ‘What can the Almighty do to us?’

Yet he filled their houses with good things—

but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

They said to God, ‘Leave us alone!

What can the Almighty do to us?’

Yet it was he who filled their houses with good things,

so I stand aloof from the plans of the wicked.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

They were the ones who said to God, “Leave us alone!”

and “What can the Almighty do to us?”

But it was he who filled their houses with good things.

The counsel of the wicked is far from me!

NLTNew Living Translation

For they said to God, ‘Leave us alone!

What can the Almighty do to us?’

Yet he was the one who filled their homes with good things,

so I will have nothing to do with that kind of thinking.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Those who said to God, ‘Turn away from us,’

and ‘What can Shaddai do to us?’

Yet he himself filled up their houses with good things,

but the schemes of the wicked are repugnant to me.

KJV 1900King James Version

Which said unto God, Depart from us:

And what can the Almighty do for them?

Yet he filled their houses with good things:

But the counsel of the wicked is far from me.