Christian Standard Bible
Job 15:34
34For the company of the godless will have no children, and fire will consume the tents of those who offer bribes.
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 will be accomplished before his time, and his branch will not flourish. 33He will be like a vine that drops its unripe grapes and like an olive tree that sheds its blossoms. For the company of the godless will have no children, and fire will consume the tents of those who offer bribes. 35They conceive trouble and give birth to evil; their womb prepares deception.
Read all of Job 15Job 15:34 word by word
כִּֽי־עֲדַ֣ת חָנֵ֣ף גַּלְמ֑וּד וְ֝אֵ֗שׁ אָכְלָ֥ה אָֽהֳלֵי־שֹֽׁחַד׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 15:34
- Job 8:13Such is the destiny of all who forget God; the hope of the godless will perish.
- Job 20:1Then Zophar the Naamathite replied:
- Job 27:8For what hope does the godless person have when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?
- Job 36:13Those who have a godless heart harbor anger; even when God binds them, they do not cry for help.
- Isaiah 33:14The sinners in Zion are afraid; trembling seizes the ungodly: “Who among us can dwell with a consuming fire? Who among us can dwell with ever-burning flames?”
- Matthew 24:51He will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the hypocrites, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
- Job 11:14if there is iniquity in your hand, remove it, and don’t allow injustice to dwell in your tents —
- Job 12:6The tents of robbers are safe, and those who trouble God are secure; God holds them in his hands.
- Job 22:5Isn’t your wickedness abundant and aren’t your iniquities endless?
- Job 29:12For I rescued the poor who cried out for help, and the fatherless child who had no one to support him.
- 1 Samuel 8:3However, his sons did not walk in his ways — they turned toward dishonest profit, took bribes, and perverted justice.
- 1 Samuel 12:3Here I am. Bring charges against me before the Lord and his anointed: Whose ox or donkey have I taken? Who have I wronged or mistreated? Who gave me a bribe to overlook something? I will return it to you.”
- Micah 7:2Faithful people have vanished from the land; there is no one upright among the people. All of them wait in ambush to shed blood; they hunt each other with a net.
- Amos 5:11Therefore, because you trample on the poor and exact a grain tax from him, you will never live in the houses of cut stone you have built; you will never drink the wine from the lush vineyards you have planted.
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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