Job 22:17 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them?

Eliphaz designedly uses Job's own words (Job 21:14-15), to show that the wicked, who so put away God from them, are not prosperous, as Job had asserted.

Do for them. They think they, can do everything for themselves.

Job 22:17

17 Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them?