Job 15:23
He wandreth to and from for bread where he may: he knoweth that the day of darkenesse is prepared at hande.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
22He beleeueth not to returne out of darknesse: for he seeth the sworde before him.
Cross References
Genesis 4:12When thou shalt till the grounde, it shall not henceforth yeelde vnto thee her strength: a vagabond and a runnagate shalt thou be in the earth.
Job 18:12His strength shalbe famine: and destruction shalbe readie at his side.
Job 30:3For pouertie and famine they were solitary, fleeing into the wildernes, which is darke, desolate and waste.
Psalms 59:16But I wil sing of thy power, and will prayse thy mercy in the morning: for thou hast bene my defence and refuge in the day of my trouble.
Proverbs 10:3The Lord will not famish the soule of the righteous: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked.
Ecclesiastes 11:8Though a man liue many yeeres, and in them all he reioyce, yet hee shall remember the daies of darkenesse, because they are manie, all that commeth is vanitie.
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 →