Job 15:32
It will be paid in full before his time, and his branch will not flourish.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be green.
In Context
31Let him not deceive himself with trust in emptiness, for emptiness will be his reward.
33He will be like a vine stripped of its unripe grapes, like an olive tree that sheds its blossoms.
Cross References
Job 8:16He is a well-watered plant in the sunshine, spreading its shoots over the garden.
Job 18:16The roots beneath him dry up, and the branches above him wither away.
Psalms 52:5Surely God will bring you down to everlasting ruin; He will snatch you up and tear you away from your tent; He will uproot you from the land of the living. Selah
Proverbs 10:27The fear of the LORD prolongs life, but the years of the wicked will be cut short.
Isaiah 27:11When its limbs are dry, they are broken off. Women come and use them for kindling; for this is a people without understanding. Therefore their Maker has no compassion on them, and their Creator shows them no favor.
Hosea 9:16Ephraim is struck down; their root is withered; they cannot bear fruit. Even if they bear children, I will slay the darlings of their wombs.
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 →