American Standard Version
Job 15:34
34For the company of the godless shall be barren,And fire shall consume the tents of bribery.
Job 15:34 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate, and fire shall consume the tabernacles of bribery.
- New International Version (NIV)For the company of the godless will be barren, and fire will consume the tents of those who love bribes.
- English Standard Version (ESV)For the company of the godless is barren, and fire consumes the tents of bribery.
- New King James Version (NKJV)For the company of hypocrites will be barren, And fire will consume the tents of bribery.
Context of Job 15:34
32It shall be accomplished before his time, And his branch shall not be green. 33He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, And shall cast off his flower as the olive-tree. For the company of the godless shall be barren, And fire shall consume the tents of bribery. 35They conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity, And their heart prepareth deceit.
Read all of Job 15Job 15:34 word by word
כִּֽי־עֲדַ֣ת חָנֵ֣ף גַּלְמ֑וּד וְ֝אֵ֗שׁ אָכְלָ֥ה אָֽהֳלֵי־שֹֽׁחַד׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Job 15:34
- Job 8:13So are the paths of all that forget God; And the hope of the godless man shall perish:
- Job 20:1Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,
- Job 27:8For what is the hope of the godless, though he get him gain, When God taketh away his soul?
- Job 36:13But they that are godless in heart lay up anger: They cry not for help when he bindeth them.
- Isaiah 33:14The sinners in Zion are afraid; trembling hath seized the godless ones: Who among us can dwell with the devouring fire? who among us can dwell with everlasting burnings?
- Matthew 24:51and shall cut him asunder, and appoint his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.
- Job 11:14If iniquity be in thy hand, put it far away, And let not unrighteousness dwell in thy tents.
- Job 12:6The tents of robbers prosper, And they that provoke God are secure; Into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.
- Job 22:5Is not thy wickedness great? Neither is there any end to thine iniquities.
- Job 29:12Because I delivered the poor that cried, The fatherless also, that had none to help him.
- 1 Samuel 8:3And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted justice.
- 1 Samuel 12:3Here I am: witness against me before Jehovah, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I taken a ransom to blind mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it you.
- Micah 7:2The godly man is perished out of the earth, and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net.
- Amos 5:11Forasmuch therefore as ye trample upon the poor, and take exactions from him of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink the wine thereof.
Commentaries on Job 15:34
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 34The congregation of hypocrites - Job is here classed with hypocrites, or rather the impious of all kinds. The congregation, or עדת adath, society, of such, shall be desolate, or a barren rock, גלמוד galmud . See this Arabic word explained in the note on Job 3:7; (note). Fire shall consume the tabernacles of bribery - 12. Another insinuation against Job, that he had perverted justice and judgment, and had taken bribes.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 34For the congregation of hypocrites - The word rendered “congregation” here (עדה ‛êdâh ) means properly an appointed meeting; a meeting convened by appointment or at stated times (from ידה yâdâh ), and hence, an assembly of any kind. It is commonly applied to an assembly for public worship; but it may refer to a more private company - a family, or circle of friends, dependents, etc. It refers here, I suppose, to such a community that a man can get…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. 34"The flame" of judgment will destroy the unfair profits of those without faith (15:30).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3434. Rather, The binding together of the hypocrites (wicked) shall be fruitless [Umbreit]. tabernacles of bribery--namely, dwellings of unjust judges, often reprobated in the Old Testament (Is 1:23). The "fire of God" that consumed Job's possessions (Job 1:16) Eliphaz insinuates may have been on account of Job's bribery as an Arab sheik or emir.Read the comment
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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
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