Job 22:17
Who said unto God, Depart from us! and what could the Almighty do to them?
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them?
In Context
16Who were carried off before the time, whose foundation was overflowed with a flood;
18Yet he filled their houses with good. But the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
Cross References
Job 21:10Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf.
Psalms 4:6Many say, Who shall cause us to see good? Lift up upon us the light of thy countenance, O Jehovah.
Malachi 3:14Ye say, It is vain to serve God; and what profit is it that we keep his charge, and that we walk mournfully before Jehovah of hosts?
Matthew 8:34And behold, the whole city went out to meet Jesus; and when they saw him, they begged [him] to go away out of their coasts.
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 →