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 old path that evil men have walked – 16men who were carried off before their time, when the flood was poured out on their foundations? They were saying to God, ‘Turn away from us,’ and ‘What can the Almighty do to us?’ 18But it was he who filled their houses with good things – yet the counsel of the wicked was far from me. 19The righteous see their destruction and rejoice; the innocent mock them scornfully, saying,

Job 22:17 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Which saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• unto Godאֵל'êl · GodH410
• Departסוּרsûr ώûr · to turn aside: departH5493
• from us: and what can the Almightyשַׁדַּיshadday · AlmightyH7706
• doפָּעַלpâ‛al · to workH6466

Cross-references for Job 22:17

• Job 21:10Their bulls breed without fail; their cows calve and do not miscarry.
• Isaiah 30:11Turn aside from the way, stray off the path. Remove from our presence the Holy One of Israel.”
• Matthew 8:29They cried out, “Son of God, leave us alone! 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 over to a depraved mind, to do what should not be done.
• Psalms 4:6Many say, “Who can show us anything good?” Smile upon us, Lord!
• Malachi 3:14You have said, ‘It is useless to serve God. How have we been helped by keeping his requirements and going about like mourners before the Lord who rules over all?

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
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• 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