Job 15:22
He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword:
Revised Version 1895
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 sound of terrors is in his ears; in prosperity the spoiler shall come upon him:
Cross References
2 Kings 6:33And while he yet talked with them, behold, the messenger came down unto him: and he said, Behold, this evil is of the LORD; why should I wait for the LORD any longer?
Job 9:16If I had called, and he had answered me; yet would I not believe that he hearkened unto my voice.
Job 20:24He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of brass shall strike him through.
Isaiah 8:21And they shall pass through it, hardly bestead and hungry: and it shall come to pass that, when they shall be hungry, they shall fret themselves, and curse by their king and by their God, and turn their faces upward.
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 →