Job 15:32
Before his days be full he shall perish: and his hands shall wither away.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be green.
In Context
31He shall not believe, being vainly deceived by error, that he may be redeemed with any price.
Cross References
Job 8:16He seemeth to have moisture before the sun cometh, and at his rising his blossom shall shoot forth.
Job 18:16Let his roots be dried up beneath, and his harvest destroyed above.
Psalms 52:5Thou hast loved malice more than goodness: and iniquity rather than to speak righteousness.
Proverbs 10:27The fear of the Lord shall prolong days: and the years of the wicked shall be shortened.
Isaiah 27:11Its harvest shall be destroyed with drought, women shall come and teach it: for it is not a wise people, therefore he that made it, shall not have mercy on it: and he that formed it, shall not spare it.
Hosea 9:16Ephraim is struck, their root is dried up, they shall yield no fruit. And if they should have issue, I will slay the best beloved fruit of their womb.
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 →