Job 15:32
His branch is cut off before its time, and his leaf is no longer green.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be green.
In Context
31Let him not put his hope in what is false, falling into error: for he will get deceit as his reward.
33He is like a vine whose grapes do not come to full growth, or an olive-tree dropping its flowers.
Cross References
Job 8:16He is full of strength before the sun, and his branches go out over his garden.
Job 18:16Under the earth his roots are dry, and over it his branch is cut off.
Psalms 52:5\52:3\You have more love for evil than for good, for deceit than for works of righteousness. (Selah.)
Proverbs 10:27The fear of the Lord gives long life, but the years of the evil-doer will be cut short.
Isaiah 27:11When its branches are dry they will be broken off; the women will come and put fire to them: for it is a foolish people; for this cause he who made them will have no mercy on them, and he whose work they are will not have pity on them.
Hosea 9:16The rod has come on Ephraim, their root is dry, let them have no fruit; even though they give birth, I will put to death the dearest fruit of their bodies.
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 →