Job 15:23
He is wandering about in search of bread, saying, Where is it? and he is certain that the day of trouble is ready for him:
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22He has no hope of coming safe out of the dark, and his fate will be the sword;
24He is greatly in fear of the dark day, trouble and pain overcome him:
Cross References
Genesis 4:12No longer will the earth give you her fruit as the reward of your work; you will be a wanderer in flight over the earth.
Job 18:12His strength is made feeble for need of food, and destruction is waiting for his falling footstep.
Job 30:3They are wasted for need of food, biting the dry earth; their only hope of life is in the waste land.
Psalms 59:16\59:15\Let them go wandering up and down in search of food, and be there all night if they have not enough.
Proverbs 10:3The Lord will not let the upright be in need of food, but he puts far from him the desire of the evil-doers.
Ecclesiastes 11:8But even if a man's life is long and he has joy in all his years, let him keep in mind the dark days, because they will be great in number. Whatever may come is to no purpose.
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 →