What does Job 22:16 mean?

Job 22:16 highlights themes such as judgment, divine wrath, historical examples when read in context.

How should I apply Job 22:16 today?

Read the surrounding passage, compare related cross references, and turn the verse into a short prayer and concrete action.

Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood:

14Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven.

15Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden?

16Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood:

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

18Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

judgmentdivine wrathhistorical examples

Genesis 6:5-7
Both verses refer to the flood as a judgment from God.
2 Peter 2:5
This verse references the flood as a warning of God's judgment.
Matthew 24:37-39
Jesus refers to the days of Noah as a parallel to His second coming.