Job 22:17
Who said unto God, “Depart from us!” And, “What can the Almighty do to us?”
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them?
In Context
16Who were cut down before their time, And whose foundations were swept away by a flood?
18And yet he filled their houses with good things!—Far from me be the counsel of the wicked!
Cross References
Job 21:10Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; Their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf.
Psalms 4:6There are many who say, Who will show us any good? LORD, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us!
Malachi 3:14Ye have said, “It is a vain thing to serve God”; And, “What profit is it that we have kept his ordinances, And that we have walked mournfully before Jehovah of hosts?
Matthew 8:34And lo! the whole city came out to meet Jesus; and when they saw him, they besought him to 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 →