Job 15:30

He will never depart out of darkness: the flame shall dry up his shoots, and he will depart by the breath of God's mouth.

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

29[Yet] will he not remain rich, neither will his wealth endure, nor will he attain their perfection on earth.

31Let him that goeth astray not trust in vanity; for vanity will be what he obtaineth thereby.

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Cross References

Job 5:14By day they meet with darkness, and as though it were night they grope about in the noon of day;

Job 15:22He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is looked for by the sword.

Job 18:18Men will thrust him out from light into darkness, and out of the world will they drive him.

Job 22:20“Is not he destroyed that rose up against us, and hath not the fire consumed what they had left?”

Isaiah 11:4But he shall judge with righteousness the poor, and decide with equity for the suffering ones of the earth; and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.

Ezekiel 15:4Behold, if it be given up to the fire to be consumed,—[and] the fire have consumed both its ends, and the middle of it be scorched; will it be fit 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 →

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