Job 22:16
Which were cut downe before the time, whose foundation was as a riuer that ouerflowed:
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood:
In Context
15Hast thou marked the way of the worlde, wherein wicked men haue walked?
17Which sayd vnto God, Depart from vs, and asked what the Almightie could do for them.
Cross References
Genesis 7:11In the sixe hundreth yeere of Noahs life in the second moneth, the seuetenth day of the moneth, in the same day were all the fountaines of the great deepe broken vp, and the windowes of heauen were opened,
Genesis 7:18The waters also waxed strong, and were increased exceedingly vpon the earth, and the Arke went vpon the waters.
Job 15:32His branch shall not be greene, but shall be cut off before his day.
Psalms 55:23And thou, O God, shalt bring them downe into the pitte of corruption: the bloudie, and deceitfull men shall not liue halfe their dayes: but I will trust in thee.
Ecclesiastes 7:17I haue seene all things in the dayes of my vanitie: there is a iust man that perisheth in his iustice, and there is a wicked man that continueth long in his malice.
Matthew 24:37But as the dayes of Noe were, so likewise shall the comming of the Sonne 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 →