Job 22:17
Who said unto God: 'Depart from us'; and what could the Almighty do unto them?
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them?
In Context
16Who were snatched away before their time, whose foundation was poured out as a stream;
18Yet He filled their houses with good things — 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 4:6(4-7) Many there are that say: 'Oh that we could see some good!' LORD, lift Thou up the light of Thy countenance upon us.
Malachi 3:14Ye have said: 'It is vain to serve God; and what profit is it that we have kept His charge, and that we have walked mournfully because of the LORD of hosts?
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 →