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16 Who were snatched away (A)before their time,
Whose (B)foundations were [a]washed away by a river?
17 They (C)said to God, ‘Depart from us!’
And ‘What can [b]the Almighty do to them?’
18 Yet He (D)filled their houses with good things,
But (E)the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 22:16 Lit poured out
  2. Job 22:17 Heb Shaddai

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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