Job 22:16
They were snatched away before their time, and their foundations were swept away by a flood.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood:
In Context
15Will you stay on the ancient path that wicked men have trod?
17They said to God, ‘Depart from us. What can the Almighty do to us?’
Cross References
Genesis 7:11In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, on the seventeenth day of the second month, all the fountains of the great deep burst forth, and the floodgates of the heavens were opened.
Genesis 7:18So the waters continued to surge and rise greatly on the earth, and the ark floated on the surface of the waters.
Job 15:32It will be paid in full before his time, and his branch will not flourish.
Psalms 55:23But You, O God, will bring them down to the Pit of destruction; men of bloodshed and deceit will not live out half their days. But I will trust in You.
Ecclesiastes 7:17Do not be excessively wicked, and do not be a fool. Why should you die before your time?
Matthew 24:37As it was in the days of Noah, so will it be at the coming of the Son of Man.
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 →