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their foundation was washed away.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/job/22.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />They were snatched away before their time, and their foundations were swept away by a flood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/job/22.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/job/22.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Who were cut down before their time, Whose foundations were swept away by a flood?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/job/22.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Who were snatched away before their time, Whose foundations were washed away <i>by</i> a river?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/job/22.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Who were snatched away before their time, Whose foundations were washed away by a river?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/job/22.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Who were snatched away before their time, Whose foundations were washed away by a river?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/job/22.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Who were snatched away before their time, Whose foundations were washed away by a river?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/job/22.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Men who were snatched away before their time, Whose foundations were poured out like a river?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/job/22.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />They were snatched away before their time, and their foundations were washed away by a river.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/job/22.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />They were snatched away before their time, and their foundations were washed away by a river. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/job/22.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Who were snatched away before their time, Whose foundation was poured out as a stream,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/job/22.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />who were swept away without warning. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/job/22.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Who were snatched away before their time, whose foundation was poured out as a stream:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/job/22.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />They are snatched up before their time. A river washes their foundation away.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/job/22.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Even before their time had come, they were washed away by a flood. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/job/22.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />who were snatched away before their time; when their foundation was swept away by a river?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/job/22.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />They were snatched away before their time, and their foundations were swept away by a flood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/job/22.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />men who were carried off before their time, when the flood was poured out on their foundations? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/job/22.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />who were snatched away before their time, whose foundation was poured out as a stream,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/job/22.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Who were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflowed with a flood!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/job/22.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />who were snatched away before their time, whose foundation was poured out as a stream, <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/job/22.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Who have been cut down unexpectedly? A flood is poured out on their foundation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/job/22.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Who have been cut down unexpectedly, A flood is poured out on their foundation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/job/22.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Who were laid hold of, and no time a river will pour out their foundation?<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/job/22.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Who were taken away before their time, and a flood hath overthrown their foundation. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/job/22.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />These were taken away before their time, and a flood overthrew their foundation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/job/22.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />They were snatched before their time; their foundations a river swept away. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/job/22.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />They were snatched away before their time; their foundation was washed away by a flood.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/job/22.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Those who were cut down before their time, who were stopped at the crossing place of the river of life, and then did not remember who had laid down their pattern of living,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/job/22.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And at crossing of the river they were stopped and they did not remember him who laid their foundations<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/job/22.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Who were snatched away before their time, Whose foundation was poured out as a stream;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/job/22.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />who were seized before their time: their foundations <i>are as</i> an overflowing stream.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/job/22-16.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XAwuD5NuZq0?start=3457" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/job/22.htm">Eliphaz Exhorts Job</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">15</span>Will you stay on the ancient path that wicked men have trod? <span class="reftext">16</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer- (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">They</a> <a href="/hebrew/7059.htm" title="7059: qum·mə·ṭū (V-Pual-Perf-3cp) -- To seize. A primitive root; to pluck, i.e. Destroy.">were snatched away</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: wə·lō- (Conj-w:: Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">before</a> <a href="/hebrew/6256.htm" title="6256: ‘êṯ (N-cs) -- Time. From ad; time, especially now, when, etc.">their time,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3247.htm" title="3247: yə·sō·w·ḏām (N-msc:: 3mp) -- Foundation, base. From yacad; a foundation.">and their foundations</a> <a href="/hebrew/3332.htm" title="3332: yū·ṣaq (V-Hofal-Imperf-3ms) -- A primitive root; properly, to pour out; by implication, to melt or cast as metal; by extension, to place firmly, to stiffen or grow hard.">were swept away</a> <a href="/hebrew/5104.htm" title="5104: nā·hār (N-ms) -- A stream, river. From nahar; a stream; figuratively, prosperity.">by a flood.</a> </span><span class="reftext">17</span>They said to God, ‘Depart from us. What can the Almighty do to us?’…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/6-5.htm">Genesis 6:5-7</a></span><br />Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great upon the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was altogether evil all the time. / And the LORD regretted that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart. / So the LORD said, “I will blot out man, whom I have created, from the face of the earth—every man and beast and crawling creature and bird of the air—for I am grieved that I have made them.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/7-21.htm">Genesis 7:21-23</a></span><br />And every living thing that moved upon the earth perished—birds, livestock, animals, every creature that swarms upon the earth, and all mankind. / Of all that was on dry land, everything that had the breath of life in its nostrils died. / And every living thing on the face of the earth was destroyed—man and livestock, crawling creatures and birds of the air; they were blotted out from the earth, and only Noah and those with him in the ark remained.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/24-38.htm">Matthew 24:38-39</a></span><br />For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark. / And they were oblivious until the flood came and swept them all away. So will it be at the coming of the Son of Man.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/17-26.htm">Luke 17:26-27</a></span><br />Just as it was in the days of Noah, so also will it be in the days of the Son of Man: / People were eating and drinking, marrying and being given in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_peter/2-5.htm">2 Peter 2:5</a></span><br />if 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;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/3-20.htm">1 Peter 3:20</a></span><br />who disobeyed long ago when God waited patiently in the days of Noah while the ark was being built. In the ark a few people, only eight souls, were saved through water.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/19-24.htm">Genesis 19:24-25</a></span><br />Then the LORD rained down sulfur and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah—from the LORD out of the heavens. / Thus He destroyed these cities and the entire plain, including all the inhabitants of the cities and everything that grew on the ground.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_peter/3-6.htm">2 Peter 3:6</a></span><br />through which the world of that time perished in the flood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jude/1-7.htm">Jude 1:7</a></span><br />In like manner, Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them, who indulged in sexual immorality and pursued strange flesh, are on display as an example of those who sustain the punishment of eternal fire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/14-23.htm">Isaiah 14:23</a></span><br />“I will make her a place for owls and for swamplands; I will sweep her away with the broom of destruction,” declares the LORD of Hosts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/51-42.htm">Jeremiah 51:42-43</a></span><br />The sea has come up over Babylon; she is covered in turbulent waves. / Her cities have become a desolation, a dry and arid land, a land where no one lives, where no son of man passes through.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/26-19.htm">Ezekiel 26:19-21</a></span><br />For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘When I make you a desolate city like other deserted cities, and when I raise up the deep against you so that the mighty waters cover you, / then I will bring you down with those who descend to the Pit, to the people of antiquity. I will make you dwell in the earth below like the ancient ruins, with those who descend to the Pit, so that you will no longer be inhabited or set in splendor in the land of the living. / I will make you an object of horror, and you will be no more. You will be sought, but will never be found,’ declares the Lord GOD.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/73-18.htm">Psalm 73:18-19</a></span><br />Surely You set them on slick ground; You cast them down into ruin. / How suddenly they are laid waste, completely swept away by terrors!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/10-25.htm">Proverbs 10:25</a></span><br />When the whirlwind passes, the wicked are no more, but the righteous are secure forever.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nahum/1-8.htm">Nahum 1:8</a></span><br />But with an overwhelming flood He will make an end of Nineveh and pursue His enemies into darkness.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflowed with a flood:</p><p class="hdg">cut down</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/15-32.htm">Job 15:32</a></b></br> It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be green.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/55-23.htm">Psalm 55:23</a></b></br> But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/102-24.htm">Psalm 102:24</a></b></br> I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: thy years <i>are</i> throughout all generations.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/7-11.htm">Genesis 7:11,17-24</a></b></br> 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… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/matthew/24-37.htm">Matthew 24:37-39</a></b></br> But as the days of Noe <i>were</i>, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_peter/3-19.htm">1 Peter 3:19,20</a></b></br> By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison; … </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/job/21-32.htm">Carried</a> <a href="/job/21-21.htm">Cut</a> <a href="/job/22-11.htm">Flood</a> <a href="/job/4-19.htm">Foundation</a> <a href="/job/4-19.htm">Foundations</a> <a href="/job/22-10.htm">Overcome</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/12-15.htm">Overflowed</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/12-15.htm">Overflown</a> <a href="/job/20-28.htm">Poured</a> <a href="/job/20-17.htm">River</a> <a href="/job/20-28.htm">Rush</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/11-23.htm">Snatched</a> <a href="/job/6-15.htm">Stream</a> <a href="/job/20-4.htm">Time</a> <a href="/luke/21-34.htm">Unexpectedly</a> <a href="/job/20-19.htm">Violently</a> <a href="/job/14-19.htm">Washed</a> <a href="/job/22-11.htm">Waters</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/job/24-18.htm">Carried</a> <a href="/job/22-20.htm">Cut</a> <a href="/job/27-20.htm">Flood</a> <a href="/job/38-4.htm">Foundation</a> <a href="/job/38-4.htm">Foundations</a> <a href="/job/23-6.htm">Overcome</a> <a href="/psalms/78-20.htm">Overflowed</a> <a href="/psalms/69-2.htm">Overflown</a> <a href="/job/29-6.htm">Poured</a> <a href="/job/40-21.htm">River</a> <a href="/job/39-20.htm">Rush</a> <a href="/job/24-9.htm">Snatched</a> <a href="/job/28-4.htm">Stream</a> <a href="/job/24-24.htm">Time</a> <a href="/mark/13-36.htm">Unexpectedly</a> <a href="/job/24-2.htm">Violently</a> <a href="/job/28-1.htm">Washed</a> <a href="/job/24-18.htm">Waters</a><div class="vheading2">Job 22</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/22-1.htm">Eliphaz shows that man's goodness profits not God</a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/22-5.htm">He accuses Job of various sins</a></span><br><span class="reftext">21. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/22-21.htm">He exhorts him to repentance, with promises of mercy</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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In the context of Job, Eliphaz is accusing Job of wickedness, implying that the wicked are often taken away unexpectedly. This reflects the biblical theme of divine retribution, where those who live in sin face sudden destruction. The idea of being "snatched away" can be connected to the fate of the wicked in <a href="/psalms/73-18.htm">Psalm 73:18-19</a>, where they are cast down to ruin. It also echoes the suddenness of judgment seen in the days of Noah (Genesis 6-7), where the wicked were destroyed by the flood.<p><b>and their foundations were swept away by a flood</b><br>This imagery of a flood sweeping away foundations is reminiscent of the great flood in Genesis, which served as a divine judgment against widespread corruption and violence. The flood narrative is a powerful symbol of God's ability to cleanse and renew the earth, removing the wicked to establish a new beginning. In the cultural context of the Ancient Near East, floods were often seen as acts of divine intervention. Theologically, this can be seen as a type of Christ, who is the foundation that cannot be swept away (<a href="/1_corinthians/3-11.htm">1 Corinthians 3:11</a>). The flood also prefigures the final judgment, where the unrighteous will be removed, and a new creation will be established (<a href="/2_peter/3-5.htm">2 Peter 3:5-7</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/e/eliphaz_the_temanite.htm">Eliphaz the Temanite</a></b><br>One of Job's three friends who comes to comfort him. In this chapter, Eliphaz is speaking, accusing Job of wickedness and suggesting that the wicked are punished by God.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_wicked.htm">The Wicked</a></b><br>The people Eliphaz refers to in his speech, suggesting that they were destroyed because of their sins.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_flood.htm">The Flood</a></b><br>A reference to a catastrophic event, possibly alluding to the great flood in Noah's time, symbolizing divine judgment.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_reality_of_divine_judgment.htm">The Reality of Divine Judgment</a></b><br>God's judgment is real and inevitable for those who live in wickedness. The flood serves as a historical reminder of God's power and justice.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_righteous_living.htm">The Importance of Righteous Living</a></b><br>Believers are called to live righteously, understanding that God sees all actions and will judge accordingly. This should motivate a life of integrity and obedience.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_transience_of_life.htm">The Transience of Life</a></b><br>Life is fleeting, and the wicked can be "snatched away before their time." This should encourage believers to focus on eternal values rather than temporary gains.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_need_for_repentance.htm">The Need for Repentance</a></b><br>The fate of the wicked serves as a call to repentance. Believers should regularly examine their lives and turn away from sin.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/trust_in_god's_sovereignty.htm">Trust in God's Sovereignty</a></b><br>Even when the wicked seem to prosper, trust that God is sovereign and will ultimately bring justice.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_job_22.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Job 22</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_careers_suit_christians.htm">What careers are suitable for Christians to pursue?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_defines_today's_evil_age.htm">Who is The Evil One in the story?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/evidence_for_a_global_ancient_flood.htm">Job 22:15-16 mentions an ancient flood--what historical or archaeological evidence supports a global event of this magnitude?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_do_tragedies_align_with_proverbs_19_23.htm">Proverbs 19:23 promises protection from harm for those who fear God--how do real-world tragedies affecting believers align with this assurance?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/job/22.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(16) <span class= "bld">Which were cut down out of time.</span>--Or, <span class= "ital">which were snatched away before their time. </span>It is generally supposed that there is an allusion here to the history of the Flood; if so, the reference is of course very important in its bearing on the age of that record, since the Book of Job can hardly fail to be very old itself.<p><span class= "bld">Whose foundation was overflown with a flood.</span>--Or, <span class= "ital">upon whose foundation a stream was poured out; </span>or, <span class= "ital">whose foundation became as a flowing stream; </span>or, <span class= "ital">whose foundation is like a flowing stream: </span>that is, their principles are infectious, and bear all before them.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/job/22.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 16.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Which were cut down</span> (rather, <span class="accented">swept</span> or <span class="accented">snatched away</span>) <span class="accented"><span class="cmt_word"></span>out of</span> <span class="cmt_word">time</span>; <span class="accented">i.e. before their time</span>, <span class="accented">prematurely.</span> Whose foundation was overflown with a flood. Some suppose an allusion to the general destruction of mankind by the Noachian Deluge; but perhaps no more is meant than that the supports of the wicked are ordinarily loosened and carried away by a flood of calamity. No <span class="accented">single</span> event need be referred to. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/job/22-16.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">They</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲשֶֽׁר־</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·šer-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - relative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">were snatched away</span><br /><span class="heb">קֻמְּט֥וּ</span> <span class="translit">(qum·mə·ṭū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Pual - Perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7059.htm">Strong's 7059: </a> </span><span class="str2">To pluck, destroy</span><br /><br /><span class="word">before</span><br /><span class="heb">וְלֹא־</span> <span class="translit">(wə·lō-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">their time,</span><br /><span class="heb">עֵ֑ת</span> <span class="translit">(‘êṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6256.htm">Strong's 6256: </a> </span><span class="str2">Time, now, when</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and their foundations</span><br /><span class="heb">יְסוֹדָֽם׃</span> <span class="translit">(yə·sō·w·ḏām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3247.htm">Strong's 3247: </a> </span><span class="str2">Foundation, base</span><br /><br /><span class="word">were swept away</span><br /><span class="heb">יוּצַ֥ק</span> <span class="translit">(yū·ṣaq)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hofal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3332.htm">Strong's 3332: </a> </span><span class="str2">To pour out, to melt, cast as metal, to place firmly, to stiffen, grow hard</span><br /><br /><span class="word">by a river.</span><br /><span class="heb">נָ֝הָ֗ר</span> <span class="translit">(nā·hār)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5104.htm">Strong's 5104: </a> </span><span class="str2">A stream, prosperity</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/job/22-16.htm">Job 22:16 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/job/22-16.htm">Job 22:16 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/job/22-16.htm">Job 22:16 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/job/22-16.htm">Job 22:16 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/job/22-16.htm">Job 22:16 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/job/22-16.htm">Job 22:16 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/job/22-16.htm">Job 22:16 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/job/22-16.htm">Job 22:16 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/job/22-16.htm">Job 22:16 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/job/22-16.htm">Job 22:16 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/job/22-16.htm">OT Poetry: Job 22:16 Who were snatched away before their time (Jb) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/job/22-15.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Job 22:15"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Job 22:15" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/job/22-17.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Job 22:17"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Job 22:17" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>