Job 22:17
Who said unto God, “'Depart from us:” and what wrought the Almighty for them?
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them?
In Context
16Who were shrivelled up before their time, whose foundation was flooded away like a river;
Cross References
Job 21:10The bull of each one gendereth, and disappointeth not: the cow of each one calveth, and casteth not her young.
Psalms 4:6(4:7) Many say, “Who will show us happiness? Let shine brightly over us the light of thy countenance, O Lord.”
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 contritely before 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 →