Job 22:17who said to God, 'Depart from us;' and, 'What can the Almighty do for us?'
The setting
Eliphaz quotes the alleged words of the wicked, ironically echoing Job's own desperate questions about God's silence and power...
The emotion here: righteously indignant but completely missing the point
The original word
sur (סוּר) — depart, turn away, abandon completely, total rejection
Why it matters
This phrase 'depart from us' was considered the ultimate blasphemy in ancient Near Eastern cultures
Read with care
What most readers miss in Job 22:17
Job himself has said similar things — Eliphaz is weaponizing Job's honest pain against him
Common misconceptionPeople think this describes actual atheists, but Eliphaz is twisting Job's honest lament into evidence of wickedness. Sometimes our questions to God sound like rejection when they're actually desperate faith.
The thread continues
Verses that echo Job 22:17
Bible Genome reading
Job 22:17 — Bible Genome reading
Emotional genome
Job 22:17 comes from the book of Job, written during the Patriarchal period. These words are attributed to Eliphaz. The dominant emotion in this verse is angry, with a comfort power of 10% and a tone that is commanding. It belongs to the poetry genre of biblical literature. Key themes include rebellion against God, human arrogance. Notable phrases: depart from us; what can Almighty do.
Emotionally similar
Verses that meet the same angry
“Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning hooks into spears. Let the weak say, 'I am strong.'”
— Joel 3:10
“You blind guides, who strain out a gnat, and swallow a camel!”
— Matthew 23:24
“Listen to this word, you cows of Bashan, who are on the mountain of Samaria, who oppress the poor, who crush the needy, who tell their husba…”
— Amos 4:1
“I hate, I despise your feasts, and I can't stand your solemn assemblies.”
— Amos 5:21
“Your eyes shall not pity; life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.”
— Deuteronomy 19:21
Your reflection
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