Job 22:17
Who say, What will the Lord do to us? 1 Or what will the Almighty bring upon us? 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them?
In Context
16Who were seized before their time: 1 Their foundations are as an overflowing stream. 1
18Yet he filled their houses with good things: 1 But the counsel of the wicked is far from him. 1
Cross References
Job 21:10Their cow does not cast her calf, 1 And their beast with young is safe, and does not miscarry. 1
Psalms 4:6Offer the sacrifice of righteousness, 1 And trust in the Lord. 1
Malachi 3:14Ye said, He that serves God labors in vain: and what have we gained in that we have kept his ordinances, and in that we have walked as suppliants before the face of the Lord Almighty?
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 →