Job 15:29
He shall not be enriched, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he push his root in the earth.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
28He hath dwelt in desolate cities, and in desert houses that are reduced into heaps.
Cross References
Job 18:6The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and the lamp that is over him, shall be put out.
Job 20:22When he shall be filled, he shall be straitened, he shall burn, and every sorrow shall fall upon him.
Job 27:16If he shall heap together silver as earth, and prepare raiment as clay,
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.
Luke 16:19There was a certain rich man, who was clothed in purple and fine linen; and feasted sumptuously every day.
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 →