Job 15:21
And his terror is in his ears: 1 Just when he seems to be at peace, 1 His overthrow will come. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.
In Context
Cross References
Leviticus 26:36And to those who are left of you I will bring bondage into their heart in the land of their enemies; and the sound of a shaken leaf shall chase them, and they shall flee as fleeing from war, and shall fall when none pursues them.
2 Kings 7:6For the Lord had made the army of Syria to hear a sound of chariots, and a sound of horses, even the sound of a great host: and each man said to his fellow, Now has the king of Israel hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of Egypt, to come against us.
Job 1:13And it came to pass on a certain day, 1 That Job’s sons and his daughters 1 Were drinking wine in the house of their elder brother. 1
Job 20:5But the mirth of the ungodly is a signal downfall, 1 And the joy of transgressors is destruction: 1
Job 27:20Pains have come upon him as water, 1 And darkness has carried him away by night. 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 →