Job 22:16
Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood:
King James Version
In Context
15Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden?
17Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them?
Cross References
Genesis 7:11In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
Genesis 7:18And the waters prevailed, and were increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters.
Job 15:32It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be green.
Psalms 55:23But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee.
Ecclesiastes 7:17Be not over much wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time?
Matthew 24:37But as the days of Noe were, so shall also 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 →