Job 15:31
Let him that goeth astray not trust in vanity; for vanity will be what he obtaineth thereby.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompence.
In Context
32Even before his time will it be overfull, and his branches will not be green.
Cross References
Job 12:16With him are strength and counsel: his are the deceived and the deceiver.
Proverbs 22:8He that soweth injustice will reap wrong-doing; and the rod of God's wrath will not fail.
Isaiah 44:20He pursueth ashes; a deceived heart hath turned him aside; and he cannot deliver his soul, and will not say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?
Jeremiah 37:9Thus hath said the Lord, Deceive not yourselves, saying, The Chaldeans will certainly go away from us; for they will not go away.
Jonah 2:8(2:9) They that guard false vanities forsake [the source of] their kindness.
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 →