Job 15:21
Terrifying sounds fill their ears; even when they think they're safe, the destroyer will attack them.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.
In Context
20The wicked writhe in pain all their lives, through all the years these oppressors survive.
22They don't believe they will escape the darkness—they know a sword is waiting for them.
Cross References
Leviticus 26:36I will make those of you who survive so discouraged that as you live in the lands of your enemies even the sound of a leaf blowing in the wind will scare you into running away! You'll run away like you're being chased by someone with a sword, and fall down even though no one is after you.
2 Kings 7:6For the Lord had made the Arameans hear the sound of chariots, horses, and a large army approaching, so they said to each other, “The king of Israel has hired the kings of the Hittites and Egyptians to come and attack us.”
Job 1:13The day came when while Job's sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house,
Job 20:5that the triumph of the wicked doesn't last long, that those who reject God are only happy for a short time?
Job 27:20Waves of panic flood over them; in the night a whirlwind snatches them away.
Psalms 92:7even though the wicked grow up quickly like grass, and even though people who do evil flourish, they will be destroyed forever!
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 →