Job 15:20
The wicked man travails with pain all his days, even the number of years that are laid up for the oppressor.
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19to whom alone the land was given, and no stranger passed among them:
21A sound of terrors is in his ears. In prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.
Cross References
Genesis 4:14Behold, thou have driven me out this day from the face of the ground, and I shall be hid from thy face, and I shall be a fugitive and a wanderer in the earth. And it shall come to pass, that whoever finds me shall slay me.
Job 27:13This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, which they receive from the Almighty.
Psalms 90:12So teach us to number our days, that we may get us a heart of wisdom.
Luke 12:19And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou have many goods laid up for many years. Take thine ease, eat, drink, be merry.
James 5:1Go now, ye rich, weep, howling for your miseries that are approaching.
Matthew Henry on Job 15:18-35
17 I will show thee, hear me; and that which I have seen I will declare; 18 Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid it: 19 Unto whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger passed among them. 20 The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor. 21 A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him. 22 He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword. 23 He wandereth… Read the whole commentary →