Job 15:20
All his days the wicked man is tormented, and numbered years are allotted to the violent.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
19Unto whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger passed among them.
21The sound of terrors is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer cometh upon him.
Cross References
Genesis 4:14Behold, thou hast driven me this day from the face of the ground, and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a wanderer and fugitive on the earth; and it will come to pass, [that] every one who finds me will slay me.
Job 27:13This is the portion of the wicked man with God, and the heritage of the violent, which they receive from the Almighty:
Psalms 90:12So teach [us] to number our days, that we may acquire a wise heart.
Luke 12:19and I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much good things laid by for many years; repose thyself, eat, drink, be merry.
James 5:1Go to now, ye rich, weep, howling over your miseries that [are] coming 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 →