Holy Scripture
Job 22:17
A church father on this verse
“Which said unto God, Depart from us. That this too blessed Job had said, who can doubt? But what we have unfolded in his words, on account of wearying the reader, we forbear to repeat. It goes on; And as though the Almighty could do nothing, so reckoned concerning Him. In this part likewise the wording, and not the st…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
17Who say, What will the Lord do to us? Or what will the Almighty bring upon us?
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In context
15Wilt thou not mark the old way, Which righteous men have trodden?
16Who were seized before their time: Their foundations are as an overflowing stream.
— Job 22:17 —
18Yet he filled their houses with good things: But the counsel of the wicked is far from him.
19The righteous have seen it, and laughed, And the blameless one has derided them.