Job 22:15-17

King James Version

¹⁵Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden?

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

¹⁷Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them?

Job 22:15-17

English Standard Version

¹⁵Will you keep to the old way
    that wicked men have trod?
¹⁶They were snatched away ^(A)before their time;
    their foundation was washed away.^[a]
¹⁷They said to God, ^(B)‘Depart from us,’
    and ^(C)‘What can the Almighty do to us?’^[b]

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Footnotes

Job 22:16 Or their foundation was poured out as a stream (or river)
Job 22:17 Hebrew them

Job 22:15-17

New American Standard Bible

¹⁵Will you keep to the ancient path
Which ^(A)wicked people have walked,
¹⁶Who were snatched away ^(B)before their time,
Whose ^(C)foundations were ^[a]washed away by a river?
¹⁷They ^(D)said to God, ‘Go away from us!’
And ‘What can ^[b]the Almighty do to them?’