New King James Version
Job 22:16
16Who were cut down before their time, Whose foundations were swept away by a flood?
Job 22:16 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood:
- New International Version (NIV)They were carried off before their time, their foundations washed away by a flood.
- English Standard Version (ESV)They were snatched away before their time; their foundation was washed away.
- New Living Translation (NLT)They were snatched away in the prime of life, the foundations of their lives washed away.
Context of Job 22:16
14Thick clouds cover Him, so that He cannot see, And He walks above the circle of heaven.’ 15Will you keep to the old way Which wicked men have trod, Who were cut down before their time, Whose foundations were swept away by a flood? 17They said to God, ‘Depart from us! What can the Almighty do to them?’ 18Yet He filled their houses with good things; But the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
Read all of Job 22Job 22:16 word by word
אֲשֶֽׁר־קֻמְּט֥וּ וְלֹא־עֵ֑ת נָ֝הָ֗ר יוּצַ֥ק יְסוֹדָֽם׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 22:16
- Job 15:32It will be accomplished before his time, And his branch will not be green.
- Psalms 55:23But You, O God, shall bring them down to the pit of destruction; Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; But I will trust in You.
- Psalms 102:24I said, “O my God, Do not take me away in the midst of my days; Your years are throughout all generations.
- Ecclesiastes 7:17Do not be overly wicked, Nor be foolish: Why should you die before your time?
- Genesis 7:11In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, on that day all the fountains of the great deep were broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
- Matthew 24:37But as the days of Noah were, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be.
- 1 Peter 3:19by whom also He went and preached to the spirits in prison,
- 2 Peter 2:5and did not spare the ancient world, but saved Noah, one of eight people, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood on the world of the ungodly;
Commentaries on Job 22:16
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 16Whose foundation was overflown with a flood - The unrighteous in the days of Noah, who appear to have had an abundance of all temporal good, ( Job 22:18;), and who surpassed the deeds of all the former wicked, said in effect to God, Depart from us. And when Noah preached unto them the terrors of the Lord, and the necessity of repentance, they rejected his preaching with, What can the Almighty do for us? Let him do his worst; we care not for him, Job…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 16Which were cut down - Who were suddenly destroyed by a flood. On the word used here (קמט qâmaṭ ) see the notes at Job 16:8. It occurs only in that place and this. Its primary notion is that of drawing together or contracting - as the feet of a lamb or calf are drawn together and tied preparatory to being killed; and the meaning here is, probably, “who were huddled together by the waters,” or who were driven in heaps by the deluge, so rapidly and…Read the comment
- 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. 1616. cut down--rather, "fettered," as in Job 16:8; that is, arrested by death. out of time--prematurely, suddenly (Job 15:32; Ec 7:17); literally, "whose foundation was poured out (so as to become) a stream or flood." The solid earth passed from beneath their feet into a flood (Ge 7:11).Read the comment
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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
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