22:16 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.
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.
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.
