Job 15:21
A fearful sound is in his ears; In peace the destroyer cometh upon him.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.
In Context
20“All his days the wicked man is in pain; Yea, all the years, that are laid up for the oppressor.
22He hath no hope that he shall escape from darkness; He is set apart for the sword.
Cross References
Job 1:13Now on a certain day the sons and daughters of Job were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house,
Job 20:5The triumphing of the wicked hath been short, And the joy of the impious but for a moment?
Job 27:20Terrors pursue him like a flood; A tempest stealeth him away in the night.
Psalms 92:7When the wicked spring up like grass, And all who practise iniquity flourish, It is but to be destroyed for ever!
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 →