Job 22:16

New International Reader's Version

They were carried off even before they died. Their foundations were washed away by a flood.

Cross References

Genesis 7:11

Noah was 600 years old. It was the 17th day of the second month of the year. On that day all of the springs at the bottom of the oceans burst open. God opened the windows of the sky.

Job 14:19

Water wears away stones. Storms wash away soil. In the same way, you destroy a person’s hope.

Job 15:32

Even before they die, they will dry up. No matter what they do, it won’t succeed.

Job 21:13

Those who are evil spend their years living well. They go down to their graves in peace.

Job 21:18

How often are they like straw blowing in the wind? How often are they like tumbleweeds swept away by a storm?

Job 24:18

“But sinners are like bubbles on the surface of water. Their share of the land is under God’s curse. So no one goes to their vineyards.

Job 36:14

They die while they are still young. They die among the male prostitutes at the temples.

Job 4:19

So he’ll certainly find fault with human beings. After all, they are made out of dust. They can be crushed more easily than a moth.

Psalm 102:24

So I said, “My God, don’t let me die in the middle of my life. You will live for all time to come.

Psalm 55:23

God, you will bring sinners down to the grave. Murderers and liars won’t live out even half of their lives. But I trust in you.

Psalm 90:5

Yet you sweep people away, and they die. They are like new grass that grows in the morning.

Proverbs 10:27

Having respect for the Lord leads to a longer life. But the years of evil people are cut short.

Ecclesiastes 7:17

Don’t be too sinful. And don’t be foolish. Why die before your time comes?

Isaiah 28:2

The Lord will bring the strong and powerful king of Assyria against Samaria. The Lord will throw that city down to the ground with great force. It will be like a hailstorm. It will be like a wind that destroys everything. It will be like a driving rain and a flooding storm.

2 Peter 2:5

God did not spare the world’s ungodly people long ago. He brought the flood on them. But Noah preached about the right way to live. God kept him safe. He also saved seven others.