Job

Job 22:15–17

¹⁵Will you stay on the ancient path

that wicked men have trod?

¹⁶They were snatched away before their time,

and their foundations were swept away by a flood.

¹⁷They said to God, ‘Depart from us.

What can the Almighty do to us?’

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Will you stay	תִּשְׁמֹ֑ר	tiš·mōr	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular	H8104 keep, watch, preserve
on the ancient	עוֹלָ֣ם	‘ō·w·lām	Noun - masculine singular	H5769 long duration, antiquity, futurity
path	הַאֹ֣רַח	ha·’ō·raḥ	Article; Noun - common singular construct	H734 way, path
that	אֲשֶׁ֖ר	’ă·šer	Pronoun - relative	H834 particle of relation
wicked	אָֽוֶן׃	’ā·wen	Noun - masculine singular	H205 trouble, sorrow, wickedness
men	מְתֵי־	mə·ṯê-	Noun - masculine plural construct	H4962 male, man
have trod	דָּרְכ֣וּ	dā·rə·ḵū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H1869 tread, march

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
They	אֲשֶֽׁר־	’ă·šer-	Pronoun - relative	H834 particle of relation
were snatched away	קֻמְּט֥וּ	qum·mə·ṭū	Verb - Pual - Perfect - third person common plural	H7059 seize
before	וְלֹא־	wə·lō-	Conjunctive waw; Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
their time	עֵ֑ת	‘êṯ	Noun - common singular	H6256 time
and their foundations	יְסוֹדָֽם׃	yə·sō·w·ḏām	Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine plural	H3247 foundation, base
were swept away	יוּצַ֥ק	yū·ṣaq	Verb - Hofal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H3332 pour, cast, flow
by a flood	נָ֝הָ֗ר	nā·hār	Noun - masculine singular	H5104 stream, river

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
They said	הָאֹמְרִ֣ים	hā·’ō·mə·rîm	Article; Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural	H559 utter, say
to God	לָ֭אֵל	lā·’êl	Preposition; Noun - masculine singular	H410 god
Depart	ס֣וּר	sūr	Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular	H5493 turn aside
from us	מִמֶּ֑נּוּ	mim·men·nū	Preposition; first person common plural	H4480 out of, from, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not
What	וּמַה־	ū·mah-	Conjunctive waw; Interrogative	H4100 what? how? aught
can the Almighty	שַׁדַּ֣י	šad·day	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H7706 Almighty
do	יִּפְעַ֖ל	yip̄·‘al	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H6466 do, make
to us	לָֽמוֹ׃	lā·mōw	Preposition; third person masculine plural

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Job 22:15 Luke 17:26–27 · Genesis 6:11–13 · Genesis 6:5

Job 22:16 Job 15:32 · Genesis 7:17–24 · Matthew 24:37–39 · Psalm 55:23 · Genesis 7:11 · 1 Peter 3:19–20 · 2 Peter 2:5 · Ecclesiastes 7:17 · Psalm 102:24 · Matthew 7:26–27 · Job 14:19

Job 22:17 Job 21:14–15 · Psalm 4:6 · Romans 1:28 · Isaiah 30:11 · Malachi 3:14 · Matthew 8:29 · Job 21:10

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.