16 Which were [a]cut down before the time, whose foundation was as a river that overflowed:

17 Which said unto God, Depart from us, and asked what the Almighty could do for them.

18 Yet he [b]filled their houses with good things: but let the counsel of the wicked be far from me.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 22:16 He proveth God’s providence by the punishment of the wicked, whom he taketh away before they can bring their wicked purposes to pass.
  2. Job 22:18 He answereth to that which Job had said, Job 21:7, that the wicked have prosperity in this world: desiring that he might not be partaker of the like.

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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