Job 15:23
He wanders abroad for bread, [saying], Where is it? He knows that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
A Conservative Version
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In Context
22He does not believe that he shall return out of darkness. And he is awaited by the sword.
24Distress and anguish make him afraid. They prevail against him as a king ready to the battle.
Cross References
Genesis 4:12When thou till the ground, it shall not henceforth yield to thee its strength. A fugitive and a wanderer thou shall be on the earth.
Job 18:12His strength shall be weakened by hunger, and calamity shall be ready at his side.
Job 30:3They are gaunt with want and famine. They gnaw the dry ground in the gloom of waste and desolation.
Psalms 59:16But I will sing of thy strength. Yea, I will sing aloud of thy loving kindness in the morning. For thou have been my high tower, and a refuge in the day of my distress.
Proverbs 10:3LORD will not allow the soul of a righteous man to famish, but he thrusts away the desire of the wicked.
Ecclesiastes 11:8Yea, if a man lives many years, let him rejoice in them all. But let him remember the days of darkness, for they shall be many. All that comes is vanity.
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 →