Job 22:17 — Meaning and Application

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.

The righteous see {it}, and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn.