Job 22:17
הָאֹמְרִים לָאֵל סוּר מִמֶּנּוּ וּמַה ־ יִּפְעַל שַׁדַּי לָֽמוֹ ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them?
In Context
16אֲשֶֽׁר ־ קֻמְּטוּ וְלֹא ־ עֵת נָהָר יוּצַק יְסוֹדָֽם ׃
18וְהוּא מִלֵּא בָתֵּיהֶם טוֹב וַעֲצַת רְשָׁעִים רָחֲקָה מֶֽנִּי ׃
Cross References
Job 21:10שׁוֹרוֹ עִבַּר וְלֹא יַגְעִל תְּפַלֵּט פָּרָתוֹ וְלֹא תְשַׁכֵּֽל ׃
Psalms 4:6זִבְחוּ זִבְחֵי ־ צֶדֶק וּבִטְחוּ אֶל ־ יְהוָֽה ׃
Malachi 3:14אֲמַרְתֶּם שָׁוְא עֲבֹד אֱלֹהִים וּמַה ־ בֶּצַע כִּי שָׁמַרְנוּ מִשְׁמַרְתּוֹ וְכִי הָלַכְנוּ קְדֹרַנִּית מִפְּנֵי יְהוָה צְבָאֽוֹת ׃
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 →