Job 15:34
For the company of the hypocrites shall be barren, and fire shall consume the tents of bribery.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
33He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and shall cast off his flower as the olive tree.
35They conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity, and their heart prepares deceit.
Cross References
1 Samuel 8:3And his sons did not walk in his ways, but turned aside after dishonest gain, and took bribes, and perverted justice.
Job 8:13So are the paths of all who forget God. And the hope of the profane man shall perish,
Job 11:14if iniquity is in thy hand, put it far away, and let not unrighteousness dwell in thy tents.
Job 18:15There shall dwell in his tent that which is none of his. Brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.
Job 22:5Is not thy wickedness great? Neither is there any end to thine iniquities.
Job 29:12Because I delivered the poor who cried, also the fatherless who had none to help him.
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 →