Job 15:22
He doesn’t believe that he will return out of darkness. He is waited for by the sword.
World English Bible Classic
In The King James Version
He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword.
In Context
21A sound of terrors is in his ears. In prosperity the destroyer will come on him.
Cross References
2 Kings 6:33While he was still talking with them, behold, the messenger came down to him. Then he said, “Behold, this evil is from the LORD. Why should I wait for the LORD any longer?”
Job 9:16If I had called, and he had answered me, yet I wouldn’t believe that he listened to my voice.
Job 20:24He will flee from the iron weapon. The bronze arrow will strike him through.
Isaiah 8:21They will pass through it, very distressed and hungry. It will happen that when they are hungry, they will worry, and curse their king and their God. They will turn their faces upward,
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 →