Job 15:30
He turneth not aside from darkness, His tender branch doth a flame dry up, And he turneth aside at the breath of His mouth!
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
29He is not rich, nor doth his wealth rise, Nor doth he stretch out on earth their continuance.
31Let him not put credence in vanity, He hath been deceived, For vanity is his recompence.
Cross References
Job 5:14By day they meet darkness, And as night — they grope at noon.
Job 15:22He believeth not to return from darkness, And watched [is] he for the sword.
Job 18:18They thrust him from light unto darkness, And from the habitable earth cast him out.
Job 22:20'Surely our substance hath not been cut off, And their excellency hath fire consumed.'
Isaiah 11:4And he hath judged in righteousness the poor, And decided in uprightness for the humble of earth, And hath smitten earth with the rod of his mouth, And with the breath of his lips he putteth the wicked to death.
Ezekiel 15:4Lo, to the fire it hath been given for fuel, Its two ends hath the fire eaten, And its midst hath been scorched! Is it profitable for work?
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 →