Job 15:23
He wandereth abroad for bread, saying , Where is it ? he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
Webster Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
22He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for by the sword.
Cross References
Genesis 4:12When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield to thee its strength: A fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.
Job 18:12His strength shall be hunger-bitten, and destruction shall be ready at his side.
Job 30:3For want and famine they were solitary; fleeing into the wilderness in former time desolate and waste.
Psalms 59:16But I will sing of thy power; yes, I will sing aloud of thy mercy in the morning: for thou hast been my defense and refuge in the day of my trouble.
Proverbs 10:3The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked.
Ecclesiastes 11:8But if a man shall live many years, and rejoice in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many. All that cometh is vanity.
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 →