Job 15:20
The wicked man is proud all his days, and the number of the years of his tyranny is uncertain.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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In Context
19To whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger hath passed among them.
21The sound of dread is always in his ears: and when there is peace, he always suspecteth treason.
Cross References
Genesis 4:14Behold thou dost cast me out this day from the face of the earth, and I shall be hidden from thy face, and I shall be a vagabond and a fugitive on the earth: everyone, therefore, that findeth me, shall kill me.
Job 27:13This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the inheritance of the violent, which they shall receive of the Almighty.
Psalms 90:12can number thy wrath? So make thy right hand known: and men learned in heart, in wisdom.
Luke 12:19And I will say to my soul: Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years take thy rest; eat, drink, make good cheer.
James 5:1Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl in your miseries, which shall 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 →