Job 15:33
He shaketh off as a vine his unripe fruit, And casteth off as an olive his blossom.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and shall cast off his flower as the olive.
In Context
32Not in his day is it completed, And his bending branch is not green.
34For the company of the profane [is] gloomy, And fire hath consumed tents of bribery.
Cross References
Isaiah 33:9Mourned, languished hath the land, Confounded hath been Lebanon, Withered hath been Sharon as a wilderness, And shaking are Bashan and Carmel.
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 →