Job 22:16
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“They were snatched away before their time, and their foundations were swept away by a flood.”
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“They were snatched away before their time, and their foundations were swept away by a flood.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood:”
King James Version · Public Domain“Who were snatched away before their time, Whose foundation was poured out as a stream,”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Who have been cut down unexpectedly, A flood is poured out on their foundation.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Job 22:16 — 13 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 7:11In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, on the seventeenth day of the second month, all the fountains of the great deep burst forth, and the floodgates of the heavens were opened.
- Genesis 7:17For forty days the flood kept coming on the earth, and the waters rose and lifted the ark high above the earth.
- Genesis 7:18So the waters continued to surge and rise greatly on the earth, and the ark floated on the surface of the waters.
- Job 14:19as water wears away the stones and torrents wash away the soil, so You destroy a man’s hope.
- Job 15:32It will be paid in full before his time, and his branch will not flourish.
- Job 36:14They die in their youth, among the male shrine prostitutes.
- Psalms 55:23But You, O God, will bring them down to the Pit of destruction; men of bloodshed and deceit will not live out half their days. But I will trust in You.
- Psalms 102:24I say: “O my God, do not take me in the midst of my days! Your years go on through all generations.
- Ecclesiastes 7:17Do not be excessively wicked, and do not be a fool. Why should you die before your time?
- Matthew 7:26But everyone who hears these words of Mine and does not act on them is like a foolish man who built his house on sand.
- Matthew 24:37As it was in the days of Noah, so will it be at the coming of the Son of Man.
- 1 Peter 3:19in whom He also went and preached to the spirits in prison
- 2 Peter 2:5if He did not spare the ancient world when He brought the flood on its ungodly people, but preserved Noah, a preacher of righteousness, among the eight;
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