Job 22:17
Who had been saying unto GOD, Depart from us! and—What can the Almighty do for himself?
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them?
In Context
16Who were snatched away before the time, and, a stream, washed away their foundation?
18Yet, he, had filled their houses with good! The counsel of the lawless, then, is far from me:
Cross References
Job 21:10His bull, covereth, and causeth not aversion, His cow safely calveth, and casteth not her young;
Psalms 4:6Multitudes, are saying, Who will show us prosperity? Lift thou upon us the light of thy countenance, O Yahweh.
Malachi 3:14Ye have said, Vain is it to serve God,—and, What profit when we have kept his charge, or when we have walked gloomily before Yahweh of hosts?
Matthew 8:34And lo! all the city, came out to meet Jesus,—and, seeing him, they besought that he would pass on from their bounds.
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 →