Job 22:16
What does Job 22:16 mean?
A plain-English look at Job 22:16 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Who were snatched away before their time, Whose foundation was poured out as a stream,
KJV
King James Version · 1611Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood:
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Who were snatched away before their time, Whose foundation was poured out as a stream,
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Who were violently taken away before their time, who were overcome by the rush of waters:
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Who have been cut down unexpectedly, A flood is poured out on their foundation.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Who were taken away before their time, and a flood hath overthrown their foundation.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Who were carried off before the time, whose foundation was overflowed with a flood;
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Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 14:19
The waters wear the stones; The overflowings thereof wash away the dust of the earth: So thou destroyest the hope of man.
- 1 Peter 3:19
in which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison,
- 2 Peter 2:5
and spared not the ancient world, but preserved Noah with seven others, a preacher of righteousness, when he brought a flood upon the world of the ungodly;
- Ecclesiastes 7:17
Be not overmuch wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time?
- Matthew 7:26
And every one that heareth these words of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, who built his house upon the sand:
- Genesis 7:11
In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
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