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Job 22:15
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Will you continue on the ancient paththat wicked men have walked?
Will you keep the old way Which wicked men have trodden,
Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden?
Will you keep to the old way that wicked men have trod?
Are you going to stay on the old path where evil people walk?
Will you keep to the old path that evil men have walked—
"Will you keep to the ancient path That wicked men walked [in the time of Noah],
"Will you keep to the ancient path Which wicked people have walked,
Will you keep the old way Which wicked men have trodden,
Hast thou marked the way of the worlde, wherein wicked men haue walked?
Will you keep to the ancient pathWhich wicked men have trod,
Will you stay on the ancient path that wicked men have trod?
"Are you going to keep to the old way, the one the wicked have trodden,
Dost thou mark the ancient path which wicked men have trodden?
"Job, you are walking on the old path that evil people walked on long ago.
Have you marked well the old way which wicked men have trodden long ago?
Are you determined to walk in the paths that evil people have always followed?
Will you keep to the way of old that the people of mischief have trod,
Do you keep to the old way which evil men have trod?
Well, thou wilt kepe the olde waye, yt all wicked me haue gone:
Wilt thou keep the old way Which wicked men have trodden?
Will you keep the old way by which evil men went?
Wilt thou keep the old way which wicked men have trodden?
Hast thou marked the olde way which wicked men haue troden?
Hast thou marked the way of the world, wherin wicked men haue walked?
Wilt thou not mark the old way, which righteous men have trodden?
Wilt thou keep the old way which wicked men have trodden?
Whether thou coueitist to kepe the path of worldis, which wickid men han ofte go?
Will you keep the old way Which wicked men have trodden?
Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden?
Will you keep to the old way Which wicked men have trod,
"Will you continue on the old paths where evil people have walked?
Will you keep to the old way which sinful men have walked?
Will you keep to the old way that the wicked have trod?
The path of the ancient time, wilt thou mark, which the men of iniquity trod?
Dost thou desire to keep the path of ages, which wicked men have trodden?
Will you keep to the old way which wicked men have trod?
The path of the age dost thou observe, That men of iniquity have trodden?
"Are you going to persist in that tired old line that wicked men and women have always used? Where did it get them? They died young, flash floods sweeping them off to their doom. They told God, ‘Get lost! What good is God Almighty to us?' And yet it was God who gave them everything they had. It's beyond me how they can carry on like this!
"Will you keep to the ancient path Which wicked men have trod,
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
the old way: Genesis 6:5, Genesis 6:11-13, Luke 17:26, Luke 17:27
Reciprocal: Genesis 6:12 - for all Genesis 7:21 - General Genesis 7:23 - every living substance Job 13:21 - Withdraw Job 15:29 - neither shall Proverbs 10:27 - the years Matthew 24:37 - General 2 Peter 2:5 - spared
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden?] The evil way that wicked men have walked in ever since man apostatized from God, the way of Cain and his descendants, who were of the wicked one, and lived wicked lives and conversations; "the way of the old world", as Mr. Broughton renders the phrase here, the imagination of the thoughts of whose hearts was evil, and that continually; who filled the earth with rapine and violence, and all flesh corrupted their way with all manner of impurity and wickedness, and indulged themselves in the gratification of their sensual lusts and pleasures; and were, as the Apostle Peter calls them, "the world of the ungodly"; and here, "men of wickedness", or "iniquity" y; such who gave themselves up to it, and were immersed in it; these trod the paths of sin, and made it a beaten road; they frequented this way, they walked continually in it; their life was a series and course of iniquity, in which they obstinately persisted, and proceeded from evil to evil, to more and more ungodliness. Now Job is asked if he had "marked" this their way and course of life; the evil of their way should have been marked, in order to avoid it; it being an old way should not recommend it; and the end of it, which was sudden ruin and destruction, should be marked to deter from it: but it is suggested that Job kept in this way, and observed it himself, and walked in it; for the words may be rendered, "truly thou keepest the old way", or "the way of the world" z; trod in the steps of wicked men, was a close follower of them, and companied with them; like manner is Job charged by Elihu, Job 34:7; and this sense agrees with what goes before.
y מתי און "viri iniquitatis", Montanus, Mercerus; so Drusius, Michaelis. z הארח עולם תשמור "profecto viam seculi servas", Schultens.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden? - Hast thou seen what has happened in former times to wicked people? Job had maintained that God did not deal with people in this world according to their character. To meet this, Eliphaz now appeals to ancient facts, and especially refers to the deluge, when the wicked were cut off by a flood for their sins. Schultens, Dr. Good, Noyes, and Reiske, however, suppose that tbe word here rendered “mark,” means to “pursue,” or “imitate,” and that the sense is,” Are you willing to adopt the principles of those wicked people who lived in the time of the deluge?” But the sense is not materially affected. The general design is to refer Job to the case of the impious generation that was swept off by a flood. The judgments of God on them were a full refutation, in his view, of the sentiments of Job.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Job 22:15. Hast thou marked the old way — This is supposed to be another accusation; as i! he had said, "Thou hollowest the same way that the wicked of old have walked in." Here is an evident allusion to the FLOOD, as is particularly noted in the next verse.
