Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
cut down—rather, "fettered," as in Job 16:8; that is, arrested by death.
out of time—prematurely, suddenly (Job 15:32; Ecclesiastes 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 (Genesis 7:11).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Job 22:16:
Job 16:8
Job 22:20
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