Job 15:21
A sound of terrors is in his ears; 1 while he is in prosperity, the destroyer will come upon him. 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.
In Context
22He does not think that he will return out of darkness; 1 the sword waits for him. 1
Cross References
Leviticus 26:36As for those of you who are left in your enemies' lands, I will send fear into your hearts so that even the sound of a leaf blowing in the wind will startle you, and you will flee as though you were fleeing from the sword. You will fall, even when no one is chasing you.
2 Kings 7:6For the Lord had made the Aramean army hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses—the noise of another large army, and they said to each other, “The king of Israel has hired the kings of the Hittites and Egyptians to come against us.”
Job 1:13It came about that on a certain day, his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother's house.
Job 20:5the triumph of a wicked man is short, 1 and the joy of a godless man lasts only for a moment? 1
Job 27:20Terrors overtake him like waters; 1 a storm takes him away in the night. 1
Psalms 92:7When the wicked sprout like the grass, 1 and even when all the evildoers thrive, 1 still they are doomed to eternal destruction. 1
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 →