Job 15:22
He despairs of his return from darkness; he is marked for the sword.
Berean Standard Bible
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
21Sounds of terror fill his ears; in his prosperity the destroyer attacks him.
23He wanders about as food for vultures; he knows the day of darkness is at hand.
Cross References
2 Kings 6:33While Elisha was still speaking with them, the messenger came down to him. And the king said, “This calamity is from the LORD. Why should I wait for the LORD any longer?”
Job 9:16If I summoned Him and He answered me, I do not believe He would listen to my voice.
Job 20:24Though he flees from an iron weapon, a bronze-tipped arrow will pierce him.
Isaiah 8:21They will roam the land, dejected and hungry. When they are famished, they will become enraged; and looking upward, they will curse their king and their God.
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 →