Revised Version 1895
Job 22:17
17Who said unto God, Depart from us; and, What can the Almighty do for us?
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
15Wilt thou keep the old way which wicked men have trodden? 16Who were snatched away before their time, whose foundation was poured out as a stream: Who said unto God, Depart from us; and, What can the Almighty do for us? 18Yet he fired their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me. 19The righteous see it, and are glad; and the innocent laugh them to scorn:
Read all of Job 22Job 22:17 word by word
הָאֹמְרִ֣ים לָ֭אֵל ס֣וּר מִמֶּ֑נּוּ וּמַה־יִּפְעַ֖ל שַׁדַּ֣י לָֽמוֹ׃Read the interlinear
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, thou Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before the time?
- Romans 1:28And even as they refused to have God in their knowledge, God gave them up unto a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not fitting;
- Psalms 4:6Many there be that say, Who will shew us any good? LORD, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.
- Malachi 3:14Ye have said, It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept his charge, and that we have walked mournfully before the LORD 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
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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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