Job 22:16
Who were snatched away before their time, whose foundation was poured out as a stream,
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood:
In Context
15Will thou keep the old way which wicked men have trodden?
17who said to God, Depart from us, and, What can the Almighty do for us?
Cross References
Genesis 7:11In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on the same day all the fountains of the great deep were broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
Genesis 7:18And the waters prevailed, and increased greatly upon the earth, and the ark went upon the face of the waters.
Job 15:32It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be green.
Psalms 55:23But thou, O God, will bring them down into the pit of destruction. Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days, but I will trust in thee.
Ecclesiastes 7:17Do not much wrong, nor be thou a fool. Why should thou die before thy time?
Matthew 24:37And as the days of Noah, so also will be the coming of the Son of man.
Matthew Henry on Job 22:16-21
Judgments Executed on the Wicked. ( b. c. 1520.) 15 Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden? 16 Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood: 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. 19 The righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn. 20 Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the fire… Read the whole commentary →