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Job 22:15–17

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15Will you continue on the ancient path

that wicked men have walked?

16They were snatched away before their time,

and their foundationsn were washed away by a river.

17They were the ones who said to God, “Leave us alone!”

and “What can the Almighty do to us?”Ao

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Footnotes

  1. A, ; reads them

Cross references

  1. nJb 4:19; Lm 4:11; Ezk 30:4
  2. oJb 21:14; Ps 95:10; 107:42

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Will you keep to the old way

that wicked men have trod?

They were snatched away before their time;

their foundation was washed away.

They said to God, ‘Depart from us,’

and ‘What can the Almighty do to us?’

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Will you keep to the old path

that the wicked have trod?

They were carried off before their time,

their foundations washed away by a flood.

They said to God, ‘Leave us alone!

What can the Almighty do to us?’

NLTNew Living Translation

“Will you continue on the old paths

where evil people have walked?

They were snatched away in the prime of life,

the foundations of their lives washed away.

For they said to God, ‘Leave us alone!

What can the Almighty do to us?’

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Will you keep to the way of old

that the people of mischief have trod,

who were snatched away before their time,

whose foundation was washed away by a current?

Those who said to God, ‘Turn away from us,’

and ‘What can Shaddai do to us?’

KJV 1900King James Version

Hast thou marked the old way

Which wicked men have trodden?

Which were cut down out of time,

Whose foundation was overflown with a flood:

Which said unto God, Depart from us:

And what can the Almighty do for them?