Job 22:16
who were seized before their time: their foundations are as an overflowing stream.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood:
In Context
15Wilt thou not mark the old way, which righteous men have trodden?
17Who say, What will the Lord do to us? or what will the Almighty bring upon us?
Cross References
Genesis 7:11In the six hundredth year of the life of Noe, in the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, on this day all the fountains of the abyss were broken up, and the + 7:11 Or, bars, or, cataracts.flood-gates of heaven were opened.
Genesis 7:18And the water prevailed and abounded exceedingly upon the earth, and the ark was borne upon the water.
Job 15:32His harvest shall perish before the time, and his branch shall not flourish.
Ecclesiastes 7:17Be not very wicked; and be not stubborn: lest thou shouldest die before thy time.
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 →