Job 15:22
He does not believe that it is possible for him to be turned from darkness into the light, for he sees around him the sword on every side.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword.
In Context
21The sound of terror is always in his ears; and when there is peace, he always suspects treason.
Cross References
2 Kings 6:33While he was still speaking to them, the messenger appeared who was sent to him. And he said: “Behold, such a great evil is from the Lord! What more should I expect from the Lord?”
Job 9:16And if he should listen to me when I call, I would not believe that he had heard my voice.
Job 20:24He will flee from weapons of iron, and he will fall in an arc of brass,
Isaiah 8:21And he will pass by it; he will fall and become hungry. And when he is hungry, he will become angry, and he will speak evil against his king and his God, and he will lift himself upward.
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 →