Job 15:23
He wandereth about, seeking bread; He knoweth that a day of darkness is at hand.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
22He hath no hope that he shall escape from darkness; He is set apart for the sword.
24Distress and anguish fill him with dread; They prevail against him like a king ready for the battle.
Cross References
Job 18:12His strength is wasted by hunger, And destruction is ready at his side.
Job 30:3By want and hunger they are famished; They gnaw the dry desert, The darkness of desolate wastes.
Psalms 59:16But I will sing of thy power; Yea, in the morning will I sing aloud of thy mercy; For thou hast been my defence, My refuge in the day of my distress.
Proverbs 10:3The LORD will not suffer the righteous to famish; But he disappointeth the craving of the wicked.
Ecclesiastes 11:8Yea, though a man live many years, let him rejoice in them all, and let him think of the days of darkness; for they shall be many. All that cometh is vanity.
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 →