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Job 15:34
34People who turn away from God are like that. They have no family to live after them. If they use the money from bribes to build their homes, fire will destroy those homes.
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
32Before he is old, his life will end. Like a tree that makes no leaves, he will have no success in life. 33He will be like a vine that loses its grapes. They fall off before they are ready to eat. He will be like an olive tree that loses its flowers, so that no olives grow on it. People who turn away from God are like that. They have no family to live after them. If they use the money from bribes to build their homes, fire will destroy those homes. 35They make plans to cause trouble, so that evil things happen. Lies are what come out from inside them.’
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 8:13People who turn away from God are like those plants. Their hope quickly disappears.
- Job 20:1Then Zophar replied to Job. This is what he said:
- Job 27:8When God chooses to remove wicked people, they cannot hope for any good thing. God will cause them to die.
- Job 36:13People who turn away from God are always angry. Even when God punishes them, they do not pray for help.
- Isaiah 33:14The sinners who live in Zion are afraid. The people who do not respect God shake with fear. They ask, ‘Who among us can stay alive? This is a fire that burns everything. Nobody can stop it from burning!’
- Matthew 24:51Then the master will punish him a lot. He will put the servant with those people who do not obey him. The people in that place will cry and they will bite their teeth together.’
- Job 11:14If you want to do an evil thing, stop yourself from doing it. Do not let people do wrong things in your home.
- Job 12:6But robbers seem to live in peace. They cause God to be angry but they think that they are safe. They trust their own strength as their god.
- Job 22:5No! It is because you are a very wicked person. You have done too many evil things for anyone to count them. That is why he is punishing you.
- Job 29:12When poor people cried for help, I rescued them. I helped children who had no family that could help them.
- 1 Samuel 8:3But Samuel's sons did not live in a good way, as Samuel had done. They took money from people in ways that were not honest. They accepted bribes so that they did not judge in a fair way.
- 1 Samuel 12:3Look at me. I stand here where the Lord and his chosen king can see me. Speak now if I have done any wrong thing against you. Have I taken anyone's cow or anyone's donkey? Have I cheated anyone? Have I been cruel to anyone? Have I received bribes from anyone to say that they are not guilty? If I have done any of those things, tell me! Then I will pay back my debt.’
- Micah 7:2There are no longer any people here who obey God. There are no good, honest people. Everyone is waiting to kill someone else. They are all like hunters, who try to catch each other.
- Amos 5:11You cheat poor people so that they pay too much tax. You take away their food for yourselves. Because of that, you will not live in the beautiful houses that you have built for yourselves. You will not drink wine from the vines that 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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