Job 22:17
Which sayd vnto God, Depart from vs, and asked what the Almightie could do for them.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them?
In Context
16Which were cut downe before the time, whose foundation was as a riuer that ouerflowed:
18Yet hee filled their houses with good things: but let the counsell of the wicked be farre from me.
Cross References
Job 21:10Their bullocke gendreth, and fayleth not: their cow calueth, and casteth not her calfe.
Psalms 4:6Many say, Who will shewe vs any good? but Lord, lift vp the light of thy countenance vpon vs.
Malachi 3:14Ye haue saide, It is in vaine to serue God: and what profite is it that we haue kept his commandement, and that we walked humbly before the Lord of hostes?
Matthew 8:34And beholde, all ye citie came out to meete Iesus: and when they sawe him, they besought him to depart out of their coastes.
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 →