Job 15:22
He beleeueth not to returne out of darknesse: for he seeth the sworde before him.
Geneva Bible 1599
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 sounde of feare is in his eares, and in his prosperitie the destroyer shall come vpon him.
Cross References
2 Kings 6:33While he yet talked with them, beholde, the messenger came downe vnto him, and saide, Behold, this euill commeth of the Lord: should I attende on the Lord any longer?
Job 9:16If I cry, and he answere me, yet woulde I not beleeue, that he heard my voyce.
Job 20:24He shall flee from the yron weapons, and the bow of steele shall strike him through.
Isaiah 8:21Then he that is afflicted and famished, shall go to and from in it: and when he shalbe hungry, he shall euen freat himselfe, and curse his King and his gods, and shall looke vpward.
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 →