Job 22:17
They said to God, “Withdraw from us,” and they treated the Almighty as if he could do nothing,
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them?
In Context
16These were taken away before their time, and a flood overthrew their foundation.
18though he had filled their houses with good things. May their way of thinking be far from me.
Cross References
Job 21:10Their cattle have conceived and have not miscarried; their cow has given birth and is not deprived of her newborn.
Psalms 4:6Offer the sacrifice of justice, and hope in the Lord. Many say, “Who reveals to us what is good?”
Malachi 3:14And you have said, “What have we spoken against you?” You have said, “He labors in vain who serves God,” and, “What advantage is it that we have kept his precepts, and that we have walked sorrowfully in the sight of the Lord of hosts?”
Matthew 8:34And behold, the entire city went out to meet Jesus. And having seen him, they petitioned him, so that he would cross from their borders.
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 →