Job 15:22
He hath no confidence to come back out of darkness, he, being destined to the power oft the sword;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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 noise of dreadful things, is in his ears, In prosperity, the destroyer cometh upon him;
Cross References
2 Kings 6:33While yet he was speaking with them, lo! the messenger, coming down unto him,—and he said,—Lo! this, is a calamity from Yahweh, why should I wait for Yahweh, any longer?
Job 9:16Though I had called, and he had answered me, I could not believe, that he would lend an ear to my voice.
Job 20:24He shall flee from the armour of iron,—There shall pierce him, a bow of bronze!
Isaiah 8:21Therefore shall they pass through it hard pressed and hungry,—And it shall be when they hunger, then will they rage and revile their king and their god and turn their faces upwards;
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 →