Job 15:29

He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall their possessions be extended on the earth.

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In The King James Version

He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof upon the earth.

In Context

28And he has dwelt in desolate cities, in houses which no man inhabited, which were ready to become heaps.

30He shall not depart out of darkness. The flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of [God's] mouth he shall go away.

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Cross References

Job 18:6The light shall be dark in his tent, and his lamp above him shall be put out.

Job 20:22In the fullness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits. The hand of everyone who is in misery shall come upon him.

Job 27:16Though he heaps up silver as the dust, and prepares raiment as the clay,

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.

Luke 16:19Now there was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, faring sumptuously daily.

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 →

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