Job 15:29

He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall their produce bend to the earth.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof upon the earth.

In Context

28And he hath dwelt in desolate cities, in houses which no man would inhabit, which were ready to become heaps.

30He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of His mouth shall he go away.

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Cross References

Job 18:6The light shall be dark in his tent, and his lamp over him shall be put out.

Job 20:22In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits; the hand of every one that is in misery shall come upon him.

Job 27:16Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay;

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 →

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