Job 22:17
who said to God, Depart from us, and, What can the Almighty do for us?
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them?
In Context
16Who were snatched away before their time, whose foundation was poured out as a stream,
18Yet he filled their houses with good things. But the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
Cross References
Job 21:10Their bull breeds, and does not fail. Their cow brings forth safely, and does not miscarry.
Psalms 4:6Many there are who say, Who will show us good? LORD, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.
Malachi 3:14Ye have said, It is vain to serve God, and what profit is it that we have kept his charge, and that we have walked mournfully before LORD of hosts?
Matthew 8:34And behold, the whole city came out to a meeting with Jesus. And having seen him, they besought him that he would depart from their regions.
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 →