Job 22:17
They had told God, ‘Get lost! What can the Almighty do to us?’
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them?
In Context
16They were taken before their time; all they had built was washed away.
Cross References
Job 21:10Their bulls always breed successfully; their cows give birth to calves and do not miscarry.
Psalms 4:6Many say, “Who is going to show us some good?” Lord, may your face shine upon us.
Malachi 3:14You have said, “What's the point of serving God? What benefit is there in keeping his commandments or going before the Lord Almighty with long faces?
Matthew 8:34The whole town came out to meet Jesus. When they found him, they begged him to leave their district.
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 →