Job 22:17
Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them?
Job 22:17 in other translations
| BSB | They said to God, ‘Depart from us. What can the Almighty do to us?’ |
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| WEB | who said to God, ‘Depart from us!’ and, ‘What can the Almighty do for us?’ |
| ASV | Who said unto God, Depart from us; And, What can the Almighty do for us? |
| YLT | Those saying to God, ‘Turn aside from us,' And what doth the Mighty One to them? |
| DARBY | Who said unto God, Depart from us! and what could the Almighty do to them? |
| BBE | Who said to God, Go away from us; and, What is the Ruler of all able to do to us? |
| Webster | Who said to God, depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them! |
What does Job 22:17 mean?
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 22:15-20
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.
Job 22:17 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Job 22:17
- Job 21:14-15
Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways. What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?
- Romans 1:28
And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;
- Psalms 4:6
There be many that say, Who will shew us any good? Lord, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.
- Matthew 8:29
And, behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before the time?
- Isaiah 30:11
Get you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us.
- Job 21:10
Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf.
- Malachi 3:14
Ye 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?
- Matthew 8:34
And, behold, the whole city came out to meet Jesus: and when they saw him, they besought him that he would depart out of their coasts.
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Context
- Job 22:16
Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood:
- Job 22:17
Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them?
- Job 22:18
Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
Job 22:17 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Que decían á Dios: Apártate de nosotros. ¿Y qué les había hecho el Omnipotente? |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Qui disaient à ✶Dieu: Retire-toi de nous! Et que nous ferait le Tout-puissant? – |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | die zu Gott sprachen: Weiche von uns! und was könnte der Allmächtige für uns tun? |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Qui dicebant Deo: Recede a nobis: et quasi nihil posset facere Omnipotens, æstimabant eum, |