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

15Will you keep to the ancient path Which wicked people have walked, 16Who were snatched away before their time, Whose foundations were washed away by a river? They said to God, ‘Go away from us!’ And ‘What can the Almighty do to them?’ 18Yet He filled their houses with good things; But the advice of the wicked is far from me. 19The righteous see and are glad, And the innocent mock them, saying,

Job 22:17 word by word

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

• saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• to Godאֵל'êl · GodH410
• Goסוּרsûr ώûr · to turn aside: removeH5493
• And ‘Whatמָהmâh mah mâ ma meh · what?H4100
• doפָּעַלpâ‛al · to workH6466

Cross-references for Job 22:17

• Job 21:10His ox mates without fail; His cow calves and does not miscarry.
• Isaiah 30:11Get out of the way, turn aside from the path, Stop speaking before us about the Holy One of Israel!”
• Matthew 8:29And they cried out, saying, “What business do You have with us, Son of God? Have You come here to torment us before the time?”
• Romans 1:28And just as they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them up to a depraved mind, to do those things that are not proper,
• Psalms 4:6Many are saying, “Who will show us anything good?” Lift up the light of Your face upon us, Lord!
• Malachi 3:14You have said, ‘It is pointless to serve God; and what benefit is it for us that we have done what He required, and that we have walked in mourning before the Lord of armies?

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