King James Version
Job 22:16 in the King James Version says “Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood: whose: Heb. a flood was poured upon their ...” — study this verse from Job chapter 22 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood: whose: Heb. a flood was poured upon their foundation”
Job 22:16 · KJV
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
Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
KJV Study — Public Domain
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“with a flood”
H5104a stream (including the sea; expectation the nile, euphrates, etc.); figuratively, prosperity
“was overflown”
H3332properly, to pour out (transitive or intransitive); by implication, to melt or cast as metal; by extension, to place firmly, to stiffen or grow hard
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