Job 15:29
He shall not be rich; his substance shall not endure, And his possessions shall not be extended upon the earth.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
28And dwelt in desolated cities, In houses which no man inhabiteth, That are ready to become heaps.
Cross References
Job 18:6Light shall become darkness in his tent, And his lamp over him shall go out.
Job 20:22In the fulness of his abundance he shall be brought low; Every hand of the wretched shall come upon him.
Job 27:16Though he heap up silver as dust, And procure raiment as clay,—
Luke 12:19and I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast many goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, be merry.
Luke 16:19There was a certain rich man, who was clothed in purple and fine linen, and feasted sumptuously every day.
James 5:1Come now, ye rich men, weep and wail for your miseries that are coming upon you.
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 →