Job 22:16

King James Version:

(The Lord speaking is red text)

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

Complete Jewish Bible:

the ones snatched away before their time, whose foundations a flood swept away?

Berean Standard Bible:

They were snatched away before their time, and their foundations were swept away by a flood.

American Standard Version:

Who were snatched away before their time, Whose foundation was poured out as a stream,

KJV with Strong’s Numbers:

Which were cut down{H7059} out of time{H6256}, whose foundation{H3247} was overflown{H3332} with a flood{H5104}:

Cross-References (KJV):

Job 15:32

  • It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be green.

Genesis 7:17

  • ¶ And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above the earth.

Genesis 7:24

  • And the waters prevailed upon the earth an hundred and fifty days.

2 Peter 2:5

  • And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth [person], a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;

Matthew 24:37

  • But as the days of Noe [were], so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

Matthew 24:39

  • And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

Genesis 7:11

  • ¶ In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.

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Commentary for Job 22:16

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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:

Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)

  1. Strong's Number: H7059
    There are 2 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: קָמַט
    Transliteration: qâmaṭ
    Pronunciation: kaw-mat'
    Description: a primitive root; to pluck, i.e. destroy; cut down, fill with wrinkles.
  2. Strong's Number: H6256
    There are 258 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: עֵת
    Transliteration: ʻêth
    Pronunciation: ayth
    Description: from עַד; time, especially (adverb with preposition) now, when, etc.; [phrase] after, (al-) ways, [idiom] certain, [phrase] continually, [phrase] evening, long, (due) season, so (long) as, (even-, evening-, noon-) tide, (meal-), what) time, when.
  3. Strong's Number: H3247
    There are 20 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: יְסוֹד
    Transliteration: yᵉçôwd
    Pronunciation: yes-ode'
    Description: from יָסַד; a foundation (literally or figuratively); bottom, foundation, repairing
  4. Strong's Number: H3332
    There are 51 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: יָצַק
    Transliteration: yâtsaq
    Pronunciation: yaw-tsak'
    Description: a primitive root; properly, to pour out (transitive or intransitive); by implication, to melt or cast as metal; by extension, to place firmly, to stiffen or grow hard; cast, cleave fast, be (as) firm, grow, be hard, lay out, molten, overflow, pour (out), run out, set down, stedfast.
  5. Strong's Number: H5104
    There are 109 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: נָהָר
    Transliteration: nâhâr
    Pronunciation: naw-hawr'
    Description: from נָהַר; a stream (including the sea; expectation the Nile, Euphrates, etc.); figuratively, prosperity; flood, river.