Job 15:23
He wanders about as food for vultures; he knows the day of darkness is at hand.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
22He despairs of his return from darkness; he is marked for the sword.
24Distress and anguish terrify him, overwhelming him like a king poised to attack.
Cross References
Genesis 4:12When you till the ground, it will no longer yield its produce to you. You will be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth.”
Job 18:12His strength is depleted, and calamity is ready at his side.
Job 30:3Gaunt from poverty and hunger, they gnawed the dry land, and the desolate wasteland by night.
Psalms 59:16But I will sing of Your strength and proclaim Your loving devotion in the morning. For You are my fortress, my refuge in times of trouble.
Proverbs 10:3The LORD does not let the righteous go hungry, but He denies the craving of the wicked.
Ecclesiastes 11:8So if a man lives many years, let him rejoice in them all. But let him remember the days of darkness, for they will be many. Everything to come is futile.
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 →