Job 22:16
Who were carried off before the time, whose foundation was overflowed with a flood;
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood:
In Context
15Dost thou mark the ancient path which wicked men have trodden?
17Who said unto God, Depart from us! and what could the Almighty do to them?
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 that 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 on the earth; and the ark went on the face of the waters.
Job 15:32It shall be complete before his day, and his branch shall not be green.
Psalms 55:23And thou, O God, wilt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days. But as for me, I will confide in thee.
Ecclesiastes 7:17Be not overmuch wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time?
Matthew 24:37But as the days of Noe, so also shall 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 →