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 way that wicked men have trod? 16They were snatched away before their time, their foundations washed away by a river. They said to God, ‘Leave us alone! What can Shaddai do to us?’ 18Yet He filled their houses with good things— but the counsel of the wicked is far from me! 19The righteous see and rejoice; the innocent mock them, 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 21:10His bull breeds without fail; his cow calves and do not miscarry.
• Isaiah 30:11Get out of the way! Turn away from the path! Let’s hear no more about the Holy One of Israel.”
• Matthew 8:29And they screamed, “What’s between You and us, Ben-Elohim? Have You come here to torment us, before the appointed time?”
• Romans 1:28And just as they did not see fit to recognize God, God gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what is not fitting.
• Psalms 4:6Offer righteous sacrifices and put your trust in Adonai.
• Malachi 3:14You say: “Serving God is worthless.” Also: “What good is it that we kept His service or that we walked as mourners before Adonai-Tzva’ot?

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