16They were carried off before their time, their foundations washed away by a flood.


In Context

13 Yet you say, 'What does God know? Does he judge through such darkness?

14 Thick clouds veil him, so he does not see us as he goes about in the vaulted heavens.'

15 Will you keep to the old path that evil men have trod?

16 They were carried off before their time, their foundations washed away by a flood.

17 They said to God, 'Leave us alone! What can the Almighty do to us?'

18 Yet it was he who filled their houses with good things, so I stand aloof from the counsel of the wicked.

Job 22:16 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

22:16Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood:

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

22:16Who were taken away before their time, and a flood hath overthrown their foundation.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

22:16Who were snatched away before their time, Whose foundation was poured out as a stream,

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:16Who were carried off before the time, whose foundation was overflowed with a flood;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

22:16Who were snatched away before their time, whose foundation was poured out as a stream:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:16Who were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflowed with a flood!

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:16who were snatched away before their time, whose foundation was poured out as a stream,

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

22:16Who have been cut down unexpectedly, A flood is poured out on their foundation.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

22:16Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflowed with a flood: