Job 15:23
He wandereth abroad for bread, [saying,] Where is it? he knoweth that there is ready at his hand the day of darkness.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In Context
22He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is looked for by the sword.
24Distress and anguish terrify him: they assail him with might, as a king prepared for the battle.
Cross References
Genesis 4:12When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield its strength unto thee; fugitive and vagabond shalt thou be on the earth.
Job 18:12His first-born will suffer hunger, and calamity will be ready for his wife.
Job 30:3Who suffer for want and famine in solitude; who flee into the wilderness [where all is] darkness, ruin, and desolation;
Psalms 59:16(59:17) But I will truly sing of thy strength; yea, I will sing joyfully in the morning of thy kindness; for thou hast been a defence unto me and a refuge on the day when I was distressed.
Proverbs 10:3The Lord will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish; but the sinful desires of the wicked will he cast away.
Ecclesiastes 11:8For if a man live [even] many years, let him rejoice in them all; and let him remember the days of darkness; for they will 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 →