Job 15:22
He believeth not to return from darkness, And watched [is] he for the sword.
Young's Literal Translation
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 fearful voice [is] in his ears, In peace doth a destroyer come to him.
Cross References
2 Kings 6:33He is yet speaking with them, and lo, the messenger is coming down unto him, and he saith, 'Lo, this [is] the evil from Jehovah: what — do I wait for Jehovah any more?'
Job 9:16Though I had called and He answereth me, I do not believe that He giveth ear [to] my voice.
Job 20:24He fleeth from an iron weapon, Pass through him doth a bow of brass.
Isaiah 8:21— And it hath passed over into it, hardened and hungry, And it hath come to pass, That it is hungry, and hath been wroth, And made light of its king, and of its God, And hath looked 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 →