Job 15:23
He wandereth abroad for bread: 'Where is it?' He knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
22He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword.
24Distress and anguish overwhelm him; they prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.
Cross References
Genesis 4:12When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a wanderer shalt thou be in the earth.'
Job 18:12His trouble shall be ravenous, and calamity shall be ready for his fall.
Job 30:3They are gaunt with want and famine; they gnaw the dry ground, in the gloom of wasteness and desolation.
Psalms 59:16(59-17) But as for me, I will sing of Thy strength; yea, I will sing aloud of Thy mercy in the morning; for Thou hast been my high tower, and a refuge in the day of my distress.
Proverbs 10:3The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish; but He thrusteth away the desire of the wicked.
Ecclesiastes 11:8For if a man live many years, let him rejoice in them all, and remember the days of darkness, for they shall be many. All that cometh is vanity.
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 →