Job 22:16
Who were seized before their time: 1 Their foundations are as an overflowing stream. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood:
In Context
15Wilt thou not mark the old way, 1 Which righteous men have trodden? 1
17Who say, What will the Lord do to us? 1 Or what will the Almighty bring upon us? 1
Cross References
Genesis 7:11In the six hundredth year of the life of Noah, in the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, on this day all the fountains of the abyss were broken up, and the floodgates of heaven were opened.
Genesis 7:18And the water prevailed and abounded exceedingly upon the earth, and the ark was borne upon the water.
Job 15:32His harvest shall perish before the time, 1 And his branch shall not flourish. 1
Ecclesiastes 7:17Be not very wicked; and be not stubborn: 1 Lest thou shouldest die before thy time. 1
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 →