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Job 22:15

Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden?

KJV

Numquid semitam sæculorum custodire cupis, quam calcaverunt viri iniqui,

Vulgate

μὴ τρίβον αἰώνιον φυλάξεις ἣν ἐπάτησαν ἄνδρες δίκαιοι,

LXX

Wilt thou keep the old way Which wicked men have trodden?

ASV

הַ/אֹ֣רַח עוֹלָ֣ם תִּשְׁמֹ֑ר אֲשֶׁ֖ר דָּרְכ֣וּ מְתֵי אָֽוֶן

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אָֽוֶן
'vn
noun · 78×
אֹ֣רַח
'rch
noun · 60×
מְתֵ֣י
mty
noun · 22×
נִי
ny
verb · 63×
עוֹלָֽם
'vlm
noun · 427×
שֹׁמְרֵ֥י
shmry
verb · 467×

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Gen 6:5 — And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
  • Gen 6:11 — The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.
  • Gen 6:12 — And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
  • Luke 17:26 — And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man.
  • Luke 17:26 — And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man.
  • Prov 10:27 — The fear of the LORD prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.