Job 22:17

Job 22:17 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them?
• New International Version (NIV)They said to God, ‘Leave us alone! What can the Almighty do to us?’
• English Standard Version (ESV)They said to God, 'Depart from us,' and 'What can the Almighty do to us?'
• New King James Version (NKJV)They said to God, ‘Depart from us! What can the Almighty do to them?’

Context of Job 22:17

15Dost thou mark the ancient path which wicked men have trodden? 16Who were carried off before the time, whose foundation was overflowed with a flood; Who said unto God, Depart from us! and what could the Almighty do to them? 18Yet he filled their houses with good. But the counsel of the wicked is far from me. 19The righteous see it, and are glad; and the innocent laugh them to scorn:

Job 22:17 word by word

הָאֹמְרִ֣ים לָ֭אֵל ס֣וּר מִמֶּ֑נּוּ וּמַה־יִּפְעַ֖ל שַׁדַּ֣י לָֽמוֹ׃Read the interlinear

• saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• Godאֵל'êl · GodH410
• Departסוּרsûr ώûr · to turn aside: departH5493
• Almightyשַׁדַּיshadday · AlmightyH7706

Cross-references for Job 22:17

• Job 21:10Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf.
• Isaiah 30:11get you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us!
• Matthew 8:29And behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, Son of God? hast thou come here before the time to torment us?
• Romans 1:28And according as they did not think good to have God in [their] knowledge, God gave them up to a reprobate mind to practise unseemly things;
• Psalms 4:6Many say, Who shall cause us to see good? Lift up upon us the light of thy countenance, O Jehovah.
• Malachi 3:14Ye say, It is vain to serve God; and what profit is it that we keep his charge, and that we walk mournfully before Jehovah of hosts?

Commentaries on Job 22:17

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 15-20Verses 15-20 Eliphaz would have Job mark the old way that wicked men have trodden, and see what the end of their way was. It is good for us to mark it, that we may not walk therein. But if others are consumed, and we are not, instead of blaming them, and lifting up ourselves, as Eliphaz does here, we ought to be thankful to God, and take it for a warning.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1717. Eliphaz designedly uses Job's own words (Job 21:14, 15). do for them--They think they can do everything for themselves.Read the comment

Topics related to Job 22:17

• Antediluvians
• Blasphemy
• Infidelity
• Skepticism

In the dictionaries

• God
• Acquaint
• Decree
• Lift
• Sudden
• Thereby
• Eliphaz (2)
• Eliphaz

Commentaries on Job 22

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings