Job 22:15-17

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Will you continue on the ancient path
that wicked men have walked?

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They were snatched away before their time,
and their foundations^(A) were washed away by a river.

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They were the ones who said to God, “Leave us alone!”
and “What can the Almighty do to us?”^(a)^(B)

a. Job 22:17: LXX, Syr; MT reads him

A. Job 22:16: Job 4:19; Ezekiel 30:4

B. Job 22:17: Job 21:14; Psalm 95:10; Psalm 107:42