Job 22:16
Who were shrivelled up before their time, whose foundation was flooded away like a river;
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood:
In Context
15Wilt thou [thus] observe the path of ancient times which the men of injustice have trodden?
17Who said unto God, “'Depart from us:” and what wrought the Almighty for 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 this same day, were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
Genesis 7:18And the waters prevailed, and increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark floated along upon the face of the waters.
Job 15:32Even before his time will it be overfull, and his branches will not be green.
Psalms 55:23(55:24) But thou, O God, thou wilt bring them down into the pit of destruction: let not the men of blood and deceit live out half their days; but I will indeed trust in thee.
Ecclesiastes 7:17Be not wicked over much, and be no fool: why wouldst thou 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 →