Job 15:29
He is not rich, nor doth his wealth rise, Nor doth he stretch out on earth their continuance.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
28And he inhabiteth cities cut off, houses not dwelt in, That have been ready to become heaps.
Cross References
Job 18:6The light hath been dark in his tent, And his lamp over him is extinguished.
Job 20:22In the fulness of his sufficiency he is straitened. Every perverse hand doth meet him.
Job 27:16If he heap up as dust silver, And as clay prepare clothing,
Luke 12:19and I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast many good things laid up for many years, be resting, eat, drink, be merry.
Luke 16:19'And — a certain man was rich, and was clothed in purple and fine linen, making merry sumptuously every day,
James 5:1Go, now, ye rich! weep, howling over your miseries that are coming upon [you];
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 →