Job 15:30
He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of His mouth shall he go away.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
31Let him not trust in vanity, deceiving himself; for vanity shall be his recompense.
Cross References
Job 5:14They meet with darkness in the day-time, and grope at noonday as in the night.
Job 15:22He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword.
Job 18:18He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.
Job 22:20'Surely their substance is cut off, and their abundance the fire hath consumed.'
Isaiah 11:4But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and decide with equity for the meek of the land; and he shall smite the land with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.
Ezekiel 15:4Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire hath devoured both the ends of it, and the midst of it is singed; is it profitable for any work?
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 →