Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
Yet he filled their houses with good things, but I want nothing to do with the advice of wicked people.
The writer acknowledges that God blesses people with good things, but firmly rejects following the counsel or ways of those who do evil.
📚 Historical Context
In the Book of Job, set in ancient times likely during the patriarchal period, Job is a righteous man who suffers greatly despite his innocence, and his friends debate the reasons for his afflictions. Eliphaz, one of these friends, speaks in chapter 22 to accuse Job of secret sins, pointing out that God has sometimes prospered the wicked, as seen in this verse. This reflects the cultural worldview of the ancient Near East, where prosperity was often linked to divine favor and suffering to moral failure.
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