Job 15:35
They conceive trouble and give birth to evil; their womb is pregnant with deceit.”
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
They conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity, and their belly prepareth deceit.
In Context
34For the company of the godless will be barren, and fire will consume the tents of bribery.
Cross References
Psalms 7:14Behold, the wicked man travails with evil; he conceives trouble and births falsehood.
Isaiah 59:4No one calls for justice; no one pleads his case honestly. They rely on empty pleas; they tell lies; they conceive mischief and give birth to iniquity.
Micah 2:1Woe to those who devise iniquity and plot evil on their beds! At morning’s light they accomplish it because the power is in their hands.
James 1:15Then after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.
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 →