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16 They were snatched away before their time.[a]
Their foundation was washed away by a river.
17 They said to God, “Keep away from us,”
and “What can the Almighty do to us?”[b]
18 even though he had filled their houses with good.
That is why the way of life of the wicked is far from me.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 22:16 Or with no time to get away
  2. Job 22:17 The reading us follows the ancient versions. The Hebrew reads them.

16 They were carried off before their time,(A)
    their foundations(B) washed away by a flood.(C)
17 They said to God, ‘Leave us alone!
    What can the Almighty do to us?’(D)
18 Yet it was he who filled their houses with good things,(E)
    so I stand aloof from the plans of the wicked.(F)

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