King James Version
Job 22:15 in the King James Version says “Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden?” — study this verse from Job chapter 22 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden?”
Job 22:15 · KJV
And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud? How: or, What
Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven.
Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden?
Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood: whose: Heb. a flood was poured upon their foundation
Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them? for: or, to
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“the old”
H5769properly, concealed, i.e., the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e., (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial
“Hast thou marked”
H8104properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e., guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“have trodden”
H1869to tread; by implication, to walk; also to string a bow (by treading on it in bending)
“men”
H4962properly, an adult (as of full length); by implication, a man (only in the plural)
“which wicked”
H205strictly nothingness; also trouble, vanity, wickedness; specifically an idol
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