Job 15:20
The impious is arrogant for all his days, and the number of the years of his tyranny is uncertain.
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19to whom alone the earth has been given, and no stranger passed among them.
21The sound of terror is always in his ears; and when there is peace, he always suspects treason.
Cross References
Genesis 4:14Behold, you have cast me out this day before the face of the earth, and from your face I will be hidden; and I will be a vagrant and a fugitive on the earth. Therefore, anyone who finds me will kill me.”
Job 27:13This is the portion of the impious man with God, and the inheritance of the violent, which they will receive from the Almighty.
Psalms 90:12With their hands, they will carry you, lest you hurt your foot against a stone.
Luke 12:19And I will say to my soul: Soul, you have many goods, stored up for many years. Relax, eat, drink, and be cheerful.’
James 5:1Act now, you who are wealthy! Weep and wail in your miseries, which will soon come upon you!
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 →