Job 15:29
He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof in the earth.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
28Though he dwell in desolate cities, and in houses which no man inhabiteth, but are become heapes,
Cross References
Job 18:6The light shalbe darke in his dwelling, and his candle shalbe put out with him.
Job 20:22When he shalbe filled with his abundance, he shalbe in paine, and the hand of all the wicked shall assaile him.
Job 27:16Though he shoulde heape vp siluer as the dust, and prepare rayment as the clay,
Luke 12:19And I wil say to my soule, Soule, thou hast much goods laide vp for many yeeres: liue at ease, eate, drinke and take thy pastime.
Luke 16:19There was a certaine riche man, which was clothed in purple and fine linnen, and fared well and delicately euery day.
James 5:1Goe to nowe, ye rich men: weepe, and howle for your miseries that shall come vpon 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 →