Job 15:32
Before his day, shall it be accomplished, with, his palm-top, not covered with leaves;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be green.
In Context
31Let no one trust in him that—by vanity—is deceived, for, vanity, shall be his recompense;
33He shall wrong—like a vine—his sour grapes, and shall cast off—as an olive-tree—his blossom.
Cross References
Job 8:16Full of moisture he is, before the sun, and, over his garden, his shoot goeth forth:
Job 18:16Beneath, let his roots be dried up, and, above, be cut off his branch;
Psalms 52:5GOD also, will break thee down utterly, He will snatch thee up and tear thee away tentless, And uproot thee, out of the land of the living. [Selah.]
Proverbs 10:27The reverence of Yahweh, addeth days, but, the years of the lawless, shall be shortened.
Isaiah 27:11When the cut-off boughs thereof are dry, they shall be broken to pieces, Women, coming, are kindling it! For it is not a people of understanding, For this cause, Will he that made him, not have compassion upon him, And, he that formed him, will shew him no favour.
Hosea 9:16Smitten is Ephraim, their root, hath dried up, fruit, shall they not bear,—yea, though they do bring forth, yet will I slay the darlings of their womb.
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 →