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Job 22:17–18

17 They said to God, ‘Leave us alone!

What can the Almighty do to us?’m

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

so I stand aloof from the plans of the wicked.o

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Job 22:17–18 — English Standard Version (ESV)

17 They said to God, ‘Depart from us,’

and ‘What can the Almighty do to us?’

18 Yet he filled their houses with good things—

but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

Job 22:17–18 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

17 Which said unto God, Depart from us:

And what can the Almighty do for them?

18 Yet he filled their houses with good things:

But the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

Job 22:17–18 — New Living Translation (NLT)

17 For they said to God, ‘Leave us alone!

What can the Almighty do to us?’

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

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

Job 22:17–18 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

17 They said to God, ‘Depart from us!

What can the Almighty do to them?’

18 Yet He filled their houses with good things;

But the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

Job 22:17–18 — New Century Version (NCV)

17 They said to God, ‘Leave us alone!

The Almighty can do nothing to us.’

18 But it was God who filled their houses with good things.

Their way of thinking is different from mine.

Job 22:17–18 — American Standard Version (ASV)

17 Who said unto God, Depart from us;

And, What can the Almighty do for us?

18 Yet he filled their houses with good things:

But the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

Job 22:17–18 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

17 Who said unto •God, Depart from us! and what could the Almighty do to them? 18 Yet he filled their houses with good. But the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

Job 22:17–18 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

17 They told God, ‘Leave us alone! 

What can the Almighty do for us?’ 

18 Yet, he filled their homes with good things. 

(The plan of the wicked is foreign to my way of thinking.) 

Job 22:17–18 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

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

and “What can the Almighty do to us?”

18 But it was He who filled their houses with good things.

The counsel of the wicked is far from me!

Job 22:17–18 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

17 They said to God, ‘Leave us alone,’

and ‘What can the Almighty do to us?’

18 Yet he filled their houses with good things—

but the plans of the wicked are repugnant to me.

Job 22:17–18 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

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

and ‘What can Shaddai do to us?’

18 Yet he himself filled up their houses with good things,

but the schemes of the wicked are repugnant to me.

Job 22:17–18 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

17 They said to God, ‘Leave us alone!

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

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

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

Job 22:17–18 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

17 “They said to God, ‘Depart from us!’

And ‘What can the Almighty do to them?’

18 “Yet He filled their houses with good things;

But the counsel of the wicked is far from me.


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