| Geneva Study Bible Which were {l} cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood: (l) He proves God's providence by the punishment of the wicked, whom he takes away before they can bring their wicked purposes to pass. Wesley's Notes 22:16 Out of - Before their time. A flood - Who, together with their foundation, the earth and all their supports and enjoyments in it, were destroyed by the general deluge. King James Translators' Notes whose...: Heb. a flood was poured upon their foundation Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary 16. cut down-rather, "fettered," as in Job 16:8; that is, arrested by death. out of time-prematurely, suddenly (Job 15:32; Ec 7:17); literally, "whose foundation was poured out (so as to become) a stream or flood." The solid earth passed from beneath their feet into a flood (Ge 7:11). Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary 22:15-20 Eliphaz would have Job mark the old way that wicked men have trodden, and see what the end of their way was. It is good for us to mark it, that we may not walk therein. But if others are consumed, and we are not, instead of blaming them, and lifting up ourselves, as Eliphaz does here, we ought to be thankful to God, and take it for a warning. | 
