Job 15:21
A sound of fear is in his ears; in time of peace destruction will come on him:
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.
In Context
20The evil man is in pain all his days, and the number of the years stored up for the cruel is small.
22He has no hope of coming safe out of the dark, and his fate will be the sword;
Cross References
Leviticus 26:36And as for the rest of you, I will make their hearts feeble in the land of their haters, and the sound of a leaf moved by the wind will send them in flight, and they will go in flight as from the sword, falling down when no one comes after them;
2 Kings 7:6For the Lord had made the sound of carriages and horses, and the noise of a great army, come to the ears of the Aramaeans, so that they said to one another, Truly, the king of Israel has got the kings of the Hittites and of the Egyptians for a price to make an attack on us.
Job 1:13And there was a day when his sons and daughters were feasting in the house of their oldest brother,
Job 20:5That the pride of the sinner is short, and the joy of the evil-doer but for a minute?
Job 27:20Fears overtake him like rushing waters; in the night the storm-wind takes him away.
Psalms 92:7\92:6\A man without sense has no knowledge of this; and a foolish man may not take it in.
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 →