Job 15:29
He will no longer be rich; his wealth will not endure. His possessions will not overspread the land.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
28he will dwell in ruined cities, in abandoned houses destined to become rubble.
Cross References
Job 18:6The light in his tent grows dark, and the lamp beside him goes out.
Job 20:22In the midst of his plenty, he will be distressed; the full force of misery will come upon him.
Job 27:16Though he heaps up silver like dust and piles up a wardrobe like clay,
Luke 12:19Then I will say to myself, “You have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Take it easy. Eat, drink, and be merry!”’
Luke 16:19Now there was a rich man dressed in purple and fine linen, who lived each day in joyous splendor.
James 5:1Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail over the misery to 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 →