Job 15:29
He is not rich, nor does his wealth rise, || Nor does he stretch out their continuance on earth.
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28And he inhabits cities cut off, houses not dwelt in, || That have been ready to become heaps.
Cross References
Job 18:6The light has been dark in his tent, || And his lamp over him is extinguished.
Job 20:22In the fullness of his sufficiency he is constricted. Every perverse hand meets him.
Job 27:16If he heaps up silver as dust, || And prepares clothing as clay,
Luke 12:19and I will say to my soul, Soul, you have many good things laid up for many years, be resting, eat, drink, be merry.
Luke 16:19And—a certain man was rich, and was clothed in purple and fine linen, making merry sumptuously every day,
James 5:1Go, now, you rich! Weep, howling over your miseries that are coming on [you];
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 →