Matthew Poole and continuators on Job 22:16

16. Which were cut down out of time , whose foundation was overflown with a floud .

i. e. Before their time; who died a violent and untimely death.

Who together with their foundation; to wit, the earth and all their supports and enjoyments in it, were destroyed by the general Deluge; which doubtless was very well known to them, because they lived not long after it; and which was most proper for this Argument. Or, whose foundation, i. e. all their power, and riches, and policy, upon which they build all their hopes and happiness, was like a flood poured forth; which made a great shew and noise for a time, but speedily vanished and came to nothing.

Marginal references: [illegible: 1 span].