Job 22:16
Who were violently taken away before their time, who were overcome by the rush of waters:
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood:
In Context
15Will you keep the old way by which evil men went?
17Who said to God, Go away from us; and, What is the Ruler of all able to do to 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, all the fountains of the great deep came bursting through, and the windows of heaven were open;
Genesis 7:18And the waters overcame everything and were increased greatly on the earth, and the ark was resting on the face of the waters.
Job 15:32His branch is cut off before its time, and his leaf is no longer green.
Psalms 55:23\55:22\Put your cares on the Lord, and he will be your support; he will not let the upright man be moved.
Ecclesiastes 7:17Be not evil overmuch, and be not foolish. Why come to your end before your time?
Matthew 24:37And as were the days of Noah, so 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 →