Job 15:32
Not in his day is it completed, And his bending branch is not green.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be green.
In Context
31Let him not put credence in vanity, He hath been deceived, For vanity is his recompence.
33He shaketh off as a vine his unripe fruit, And casteth off as an olive his blossom.
Cross References
Job 8:16Green he [is] before the sun, And over his garden his branch goeth out.
Job 18:16From beneath his roots are dried up, And from above cut off is his crop.
Psalms 52:5Also — God doth break thee down for ever, Taketh thee, and pulleth thee out of the tent, And He hath uprooted thee Out of the land of the living. Selah.
Proverbs 10:27The fear of Jehovah addeth days, And the years of the wicked are shortened.
Isaiah 27:11In the withering of its branch it is broken off, Women are coming in setting it on fire, For it [is] not a people of understanding, Therefore pity it not doth its Maker, And its Former doth not favour it.
Hosea 9:16Ephraim hath been smitten, Their root hath dried up, fruit they yield not, Yea, though they bring forth, I have put to death the desired of their womb.
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 →