Job 22:17
Those saying to God, Turn aside from us, || And what does the Mighty One do to them?
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them?
In Context
16Who have been cut down unexpectedly? A flood is poured out on their foundation.
18And He has filled their houses [with] good (And the counsel of the wicked || Has been far from me).
Cross References
Job 21:10His bullock breeds without fail. His cow brings forth safely, and does not miscarry.
Psalms 4:6Many are saying, “Who shows us good?” Lift on us the light of Your face, O YHWH,
Malachi 3:14You have said, A vain thing to serve God! And what gain when we kept His charge? And when we have gone in black, || Because of YHWH of Hosts?
Matthew 8:34And behold, all the city came forth to meet Jesus, and having seen Him, they called on [Him] that He might depart from their borders.
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 →