Job 15:30

He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches; and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away.

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away.

In Context

29He shall not become rich, neither shall his substance continue, and their possessions shall not extend upon the earth.

31Let him not trust in vanity: he is deceived, for vanity shall be his recompense;

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Cross References

Job 5:14They meet with darkness in a the daytime, and grope at midday as in the night.

Job 15:22He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is singled out for the sword.

Job 18:18He is driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.

Job 22:20Is not he who rose against us destroyed, and doth not the fire consume his residue?

Isaiah 11:4but with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.

Ezekiel 15:4Behold, it is given to the fire for fuel: the fire consumeth both the ends of it, and the midst of it is burned; is it fit for [any] work?

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 →

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