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Job 22:18

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

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וְה֤וּאvehuand as for herהוּאconjunction, pronoun, personal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and as for her”H1931he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or arehe, as for her, him(-self), it, the same, she (herself), such, that (...it), these, they, this, those, which (is), who.מִלֵּ֣אmilebe at an endמָלֵאverb, piel, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “be at an end”, a completed actionH4390to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively)accomplish, confirm, [phrase] consecrate, be at an end, be expired, be fenced, fill, fulfil, (be, become, [idiom] draw, give in, go) full(-ly, -ly set, tale), (over-) flow, fulness, furnish, gather (selves, together), presume, replenish, s…בָתֵּיהֶ֣םvateyhemfamilyבַּיִתnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “family”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)court, daughter, door, [phrase] dungeon, family, [phrase] forth of, [idiom] great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter) house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, [phrase] prison, [phrase] steward, [phrase] tablet, temple, web,…ט֑וֹבtovgoodטוֹבadjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “good”, the ordinary formH2896good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goods or good things, good men or women), also as an adverb (well)beautiful, best, better, bountiful, cheerful, at ease, [idiom] fair (word), (be in) favour, fine, glad, good (deed, -lier, -liest, -ly, -ness, -s), graciously, joyful, kindly, kindness, liketh (best), loving, merry, [idiom] most, pleasant,…וַעֲצַ֥תvaatsatand adviceעֵצָהconjunction, noun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “and advice”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6098advice; by implication, plan; also prudenceadvice, advisement, counsel(l-(or)), purpose.רְ֝שָׁעִ֗יםreshaimguiltyרָשָׁעadjective, adjective, masculine, plural, absolute — “guilty”, the ordinary formH7563morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person[phrase] condemned, guilty, ungodly, wicked (man), that did wrong.רָ֣חֲקָהrachaqahlooseרָחַקverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “loose”, a completed actionH7368to widen (in any direction), i.e. (intransitively) recede or (transitively) remove (literally or figuratively, of place or relation)(a-, be, cast, drive, get, go, keep (self), put, remove, be too, (wander), withdraw) far (away, off), loose, [idiom] refrain, very, (be) a good way (off).מֶֽנִּיmenifrom fromמִןpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “from from”H4480properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many sensesabove, after, among, at, because of, by (reason of), from (among), in, [idiom] neither, [idiom] nor, (out) of, over, since, [idiom] then, through, [idiom] whether, with.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

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

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

And he hath filled their houses [with] good: (And the counsel of the wicked Hath been far from me.)

World English Bible

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

Darby Translation

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

Douay-Rheims

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

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

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

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

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

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ὃς δὲ ἐνέπλησε τοὺς οἴκους αὐτῶν ἀγαθῶν, βουλὴ δὲ ἀσεβῶν πόῤῥω ἀπʼ αὐτοῦ.