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16 who were snatched away before their time;
    when their foundation was swept away by a river?
17 They told God, ‘Get away from us!’
    and ‘What will the Almighty do to them?’

18 “Though God[a] fills their houses with good things,
    the counsel of the wicked will remain far from me.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 22:18 Lit. he

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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