Job 15:20
All the life of the ungodly is spent in care, 1 And the years granted to the oppressor are numbered. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
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In Context
19To them alone the earth was given, 1 And no stranger came upon them. 1
21And his terror is in his ears: 1 Just when he seems to be at peace, 1 His overthrow will come. 1
Cross References
Genesis 4:14If thou castest me out this day from the face of the earth, and I shall be hidden from thy presence, and I shall be groaning and trembling upon the earth, then it will be that anyone that finds me shall slay me.
Job 27:13This is the portion of an ungodly man from the Lord, 1 And the possession of oppressors shall come upon them from the Almighty. 1
Psalms 90:12They shall bear thee up on their hands, 1 Lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone. 1
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 →