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

27He eats too much and his whole body is very fat. 28He lives in a town that is empty. No one else lives in the houses there. The buildings will soon fall down and they will become heaps of stones. He will not be rich. He will lose his valuable things. Everything that he has will disappear. 30When it becomes dark, he will not be able to escape. He will be like a tree that fire has burned. God's breath will blow him away! 31He may trust in useless things to save him. But he is deceiving himself. Any help that he receives will also be useless.

Job 15:29 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• He shall not be richעָשַׁר‛âshar · to enrichH6238
• neither shall his substanceחַ֫יִלchayil · strength: richH2428
• continueקוּםqûm · to arise: establishH6965
• neither shall he prolongנָטָהnâţâh · to stretchH5186
• the perfectionמִנְלֶהminleh · gainH4512
• thereof upon the earthאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776

Cross-references for Job 15:29

• Job 20:22When he has everything that he wants, trouble suddenly comes to him.
• Job 22:15Job, you must not continue to turn against God. That is the way that evil people lived long ago.
• Job 27:16Wicked people may have lots of money. They may have silver like heaps of sand. They may have more clothes than they could ever wear.
• Psalms 49:16If somebody becomes rich and he has more and more things, do not be afraid!
• Luke 12:19Then I will say to myself, ‘You have plenty of things stored safely. These will be enough for you for many years. Now you can live an easy life. Eat and drink as much as you want. Enjoy yourself.’ ”
• Luke 16:2So the master sent someone to bring his servant to him. He said to his servant, “I am hearing bad stories about you. So write down everything that you have done with my money and my things. Then you must stop working for me.”
• James 1:11When the sun rises, its heat causes plants to become dry. Their flowers fall to the ground. They are no longer beautiful. In the same way, rich people will die when they are busy in their work. Then they will have nothing.
• James 5:1Now, listen to me, you rich people. Weep and cry aloud, because many troubles will soon happen to 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