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

15Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden? 16Who were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflowed with a flood: Who said to God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them? 18Yet he filled 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 mock them.

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
• doפָּעַלpâ‛al · to workH6466

Cross-references for Job 22:17

• Job 21:10Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf.
• Isaiah 30:11Withdraw from the way, turn aside from 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, Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou come here to torment us before the time?
• Romans 1:28And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a debased mind, to do those things which are not proper;
• Psalms 4:6There aremany that say, Who will show us any good? LORD, lift thou upon us the light of thy countenance.
• Malachi 3:14Ye have said, It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, 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

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