Job 21:16 Commentary: Rashi & Malbim

הֵ֤ן לֹ֣א בְיָדָ֣ם טוּבָ֑ם עֲצַ֥ת רְ֝שָׁעִ֗ים רָ֣חֲקָה מֶֽנִּי׃

Lo, their prosperity is not in their hand; The counsel of the wicked is far from me.

Rashi on Job

Behold, is not their prosperity in their hand This is a question: Is not all their prosperity in their hand?
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Malbim on Job

Why does God let the wicked get away with it?
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Rashi on Job

The counsel of the wicked has distanced itself from me Job was boasting that he saw them [the wicked] and was not counted among them.
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