Job 15:22

Let him not trust that he shall return from darkness, for he has been already made over to the power of the sword.

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword.

In Context

21And his terror is in his ears: just when he seems to be at peace, his overthrow will come.

23And he has been appointed to be food for vultures; and he knows within himself that he is doomed to be a carcase: and a dark day shall carry him away as with a whirlwind.

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Cross References

2 Kings 6:33While he was yet speaking with them, behold, a messenger came to him: and he said, Behold, this evil is of the Lord; why should I wait for the Lord any longer?

Job 9:16And if I should call and he should not hearken, I cannot believe that he has listened to my voice.

Job 20:24And he shall by no means escape from the power of the sword; let the brazen bow wound him.

Isaiah 8:21And famine shall come sorely upon you, and it shall come to pass, that when ye shall be hungry, ye shall be grieved, and ye shall speak ill of the prince and your fathers' ordinances: and they shall look up to heaven above,

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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