Job 22:16
who were snatched away before their time, whose foundation was poured out as a stream,
World English Bible Classic
In The King James Version
Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood:
In Context
15Will you keep the old way, which wicked men have trodden,
17who said to God, ‘Depart from us!’ and, ‘What can the Almighty do for us?’
Cross References
Genesis 7:11In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on that day all the fountains of the great deep burst open, and the sky’s windows opened.
Genesis 7:18The waters rose, and increased greatly on the earth; and the ship floated on the surface of the waters.
Job 15:32It will be accomplished before his time. His branch will not be green.
Psalms 55:23But you, God, will bring them down into the pit of destruction. Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days, but I will trust in you.
Ecclesiastes 7:17Don’t be too wicked, neither be foolish. Why should you die before your time?
Matthew 24:37As the days of Noah were, so will the coming of the Son of Man be.
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 →