Job 3:15
Or with rulers who had gold, and whose houses were full of silver;
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Or with princes that had gold, who filled their houses with silver:
In Context
14With kings and the wise ones of the earth, who put up great houses for themselves;
Cross References
1 Kings 10:27And the king made silver as common as stones in Jerusalem and cedars like the sycamore-trees of the lowlands in number.
Job 22:25Then the Ruler of all will be your gold, and his teaching will be your silver;
Psalms 49:18\49:17\For at his death, he will take nothing away; his glory will not go down after him.
Zephaniah 1:18Even their silver and their gold will not be able to keep them safe in the day of the Lord's wrath; but all the land will be burned up in the fire of his bitter wrath: for he will put an end, even suddenly, to all who are living in the land.
Matthew Henry on Job 3:12-20
Job's Complaint of Life. ( b. c. 1520.) 11 Why died I not from the womb? why did I not give up the ghost when I came out of the belly? 12 Why did the knees prevent me? or why the breasts that I should suck? 13 For now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should have slept: then had I been at rest, 14 With kings and counsellors of the earth, which built desolate places for themselves; 15 Or with princes that had gold, who filled their houses with silver: 16 Or as a hidden untimely birth I had not been; as… Read the whole commentary →