16 They were snatched away (A)before their time;
    their foundation was washed away.[a]
17 They said to God, (B)‘Depart from us,’
    and (C)‘What can the Almighty do to us?’[b]
18 Yet he filled their houses with good things—
    but (D)the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

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Footnotes

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

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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