Job 15:29

Job 15:29 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof upon the earth.
• New International Version (NIV)He will no longer be rich and his wealth will not endure, nor will his possessions spread over the land.
• English Standard Version (ESV)he will not be rich, and his wealth will not endure, nor will his possessions spread over the earth;
• New King James Version (NKJV)He will not be rich, Nor will his wealth continue, Nor will his possessions overspread the earth.

Context of Job 15:29

27Because he hath covered his face with his fatness, And gathered fat upon his loins; 28And he hath dwelt in desolate cities, In houses which no man inhabited, Which were ready to become heaps; He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, Neither shall their possessions be extended on the earth. 30He shall not depart out of darkness; The flame shall dry up his branches, And by the breath ofGod’smouth shall he go away. 31Let him not trust in vanity, deceiving himself; For vanity shall be his recompense.

Job 15:29 word by word

לֹֽא־יֶ֭עְשַׁר וְלֹא־יָק֣וּם חֵיל֑וֹ וְלֹֽא־יִטֶּ֖ה לָאָ֣רֶץ מִנְלָֽם׃Read the interlinear

• richעָשַׁר‛âshar · to enrichH6238
• extendedנָטָהnâţâh · to stretchH5186
• earthאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776

Cross-references for Job 15:29

• Job 20:22In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: The hand of every one that is in misery shall come upon him.
• Job 22:15Wilt thou keep the old way Which wicked men have trodden?
• Job 27:16Though he heap up silver as the dust, And prepare raiment as the clay;
• Psalms 49:16Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, When the glory of his house is increased:
• Luke 12:19And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, be merry.
• Luke 16:2And he called him, and said unto him, What is this that I hear of thee? render the account of thy stewardship; for thou canst be no longer steward.
• James 1:11For the sun ariseth with the scorching wind, and withereth the grass; and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his goings.
• James 5:1Come now, ye rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming upon you.

Commentaries on Job 15:29

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 29He shall not be rich - The whole of what follows, to the end of the chapter, seems to be directed against Job himself, whom Eliphaz indirectly accuses of having been a tyrant and oppressor. The threatened evils are, He shall not be rich, though he labors greatly to acquire riches. His substance shall not continue - God will blast it, and deprive him of power to preserve it. 3. Neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof - all his works shall perish…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 29He shall not be rich - That is, he shall not continue rich; or he shall not again become rich. He shall be permanently poor. Neither shall his substance continue - His property. Neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof - Noyes renders this, “And his possessions shall not be extended upon the earth.” Wemyss, “Nor shall he be master of his own desires.” Good, “Nor their success spread abroad in the land.” Luther, Und sein Gluck wird sich nicht…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 17-35Verses 17-35 Eliphaz maintains that the wicked are certainly miserable: whence he would infer, that the miserable are certainly wicked, and therefore Job was so. But because many of God's people have prospered in this world, it does not therefore follow that those who are crossed and made poor, as Job, are not God's people. Eliphaz shows also that wicked people, particularly oppressors, are subject to continual terror, live very uncomfortably, and perish…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 20-35Evil people experience everything that happened to Job (see 1:16–19): Attacks by thieves (15:21). Loss of possessions (15:29). Collapse of houses (15:28). Fire (15:30, 34).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2929. Rather, he shall not increase his riches; he has reached his highest point; his prosperity shall not continue. perfection--rather, "His acquired wealth--what he possesses--shall not be extended," &c.Read the comment

Topics related to Job 15:29

• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• Conceive
• Restrain
• Secret
• Unprofitable
• Wait
• Wander
• Eliphaz (2)
• Perfect; Perfection
• Prolong
• Eliphaz

Commentaries on Job 15

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary