Job 15:31
Let him not put credence in vanity, He hath been deceived, For vanity is his recompence.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompence.
In Context
32Not in his day is it completed, And his bending branch is not green.
Cross References
Job 12:16With Him [are] strength and wisdom, His the deceived and deceiver.
Proverbs 22:8Whoso is sowing perverseness reapeth sorrow, And the rod of his anger weareth out.
Isaiah 44:20Feeding on ashes, the heart is deceived, It hath turned him aside, And he delivereth not his soul, nor saith: 'Is there not a lie in my right hand?'
Jeremiah 37:9'Thus said Jehovah: Lift not up your souls saying, The Chaldeans surely go from off us, for they do not go;
Jonah 2:8Those observing lying vanities their own mercy forsake.
Galatians 6:7Be not led astray; God is not mocked; for what a man may sow — that also he shall reap,
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 →