Job 18:15

Job 18:15 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because it is none of his: brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.
• New International Version (NIV)Fire resides in his tent; burning sulfur is scattered over his dwelling.
• English Standard Version (ESV)In his tent dwells that which is none of his; sulfur is scattered over his habitation.
• New King James Version (NKJV)They dwell in his tent who are none of his; Brimstone is scattered on his dwelling.

Context of Job 18:15

13A bad disease eats his skin. It causes his arms and his legs to become useless and he dies. 14Then he has to leave his tent where he had lived safely. He will have to meet the terrible king of death. Other people will live in his tent. They have used sulphur to burn all his things. 16He is like a tree whose roots have become dry, and its branches have fallen off. 17Nobody remembers that he ever lived. They have forgotten his name.

Job 18:15 word by word

תִּשְׁכּ֣וֹן בְּ֭אָהֳלוֹ מִבְּלִי ל֑וֹ יְזֹרֶ֖ה עַל־נָוֵ֣הוּ גָפְרִֽית׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• It shall dwellשָׁכַןshâkan · to dwellH7931
• in his tabernacleאֹ֫הֶל'ôhel · tentH168
• noneבְּלִיbelîy · withoutH1097
• of his: brimstoneגׇּפְרִיתgophrîyth · brimstoneH1614
• shall be scatteredזָרָהzârâh · to scatterH2219
• upon his habitationנָוֶהnâveh nâvâh · pastureH5116

Cross-references for Job 18:15

• Job 18:12Now he is hungry and his strength has disappeared. Terrible trouble is ready to take hold of him whenever it has the chance.
• Zechariah 5:4The Lord Almighty says, “I will cause bad things to happen in the house of the man that robs anyone. I will cause bad things to happen in the house of the man that speaks false words. It is as if the words on the paper will destroy the houses of those bad people.” ’
• Job 20:18He will have to give back everything that he owned. He will not enjoy the things that he has worked for.
• Job 31:38I have not grown crops on land that does not belong to me. The land itself would accuse me if that were true.
• Jeremiah 22:13The Lord says, ‘Terrible trouble will happen to this man! He cheats people so that he can build a beautiful palace for himself. He does not do what is right and fair. He does not pay the people who work for him. His own men have to work for nothing.
• Habakkuk 2:6But one day, their prisoners will laugh at them. The people will insult that proud nation with songs and proverbs. They will say, “You have stored for yourselves many valuable things that do not belong to you. It will be very bad for you! You have robbed other nations so that you can be rich. This will not continue much longer!”
• Genesis 19:24Then the Lord poured sulphur that was on fire down on Sodom and Gomorrah. It fell from the sky like rain.
• Deuteronomy 29:23The whole land will become spoiled with salt and sulphur. No one will plant seed in it, because nothing will grow there. Even grass will not grow on it. The land will be useless, like the cities that the Lord destroyed when he was very angry with them. Those cities were Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim.
• Psalms 11:6He will send hot coal and sulphur to fall like rain on wicked people. A dangerous wind will be the punishment that they deserve.
• Isaiah 34:9The water in Edom's streams will become tar. Its soil will become sulphur. Its whole land will become tar that is burning.
• Revelation 19:20But the rider and his army caught the wild animal. They also caught the false prophet who had done miracles to help the wild animal. He used those miracles to deceive the people who had the wild animal's mark on them. Those people worshipped his image. Now the rider and his army threw the wild animal and the false prophet into the lake of fire. They were still alive when they threw them into the lake that burns with sulphur.
• Revelation 21:8But I will punish other people. They include: people who are afraid of trouble; people who do not believe in Jesus; people who do disgusting things; people who murder other people; people who have sex in a wrong way; people who use magic to hurt people; people who worship idols; people who tell lies. All these people will go into the lake of fire that burns with sulphur. That is the second death for people.’

Commentaries on Job 18:15

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 15It shall dwell in his tabernacle - Desolation is here personified, and it is said that it shall be the inhabitant, its former owner being destroyed. Brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation, so that, like Sodom and Gomorrah, it may be an everlasting monument of the Divine displeasure. In the Persian poet Saady, we find a couplet which contains a similar sentiment: - Purdeh daree meekund dar keesri Keesar ankeboot Boomee Noobat meezund ber kumbed…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15It shall dwell in his tabernacle - It is uncertain what is to be understood as referred to here. Some suppose that the word to be understood is soul, and that the meaning is “his soul,” that is, he himself, “shall dwell in his tent.” Rosenmuller, Noyes, Wemyss, and others, suppose that the word is terror. “Terror (בלהה ballâhâh ) shall dwell in his tent,” the same word which is used in the plural in the previous verse. This is undoubtedly the correct…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 11-21Verses 11-21 Bildad describes the destruction wicked people are kept for, in the other world, and which in some degree, often seizes them in this world. The way of sin is the way of fear, and leads to everlasting confusion, of which the present terrors of an impure conscience are earnests, as in Cain and Judas. Miserable indeed is a wicked man's death, how secure soever his life was. See him dying; all that he trusts to for his support shall be taken from…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 15The image of burning sulfur reminds the reader of what happened to Sodom and Gomorrah (Genesis 19:24). It suggests what will happen to all evil people (Psalm 11:6; Revelation 19:20; 21:8).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1515. It--"Terror" shall haunt, &c., and not as Umbreit, "another," which the last clause of the verse disproves. none of his--It is his no longer. brimstone--probably comparing the calamity of Job by the "fire of God" (Job 1:16) to the destruction of guilty Sodom by fire and brimstone (Ge 19:24).Read the comment

Topics related to Job 18:15

• Brimstone
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• Brimstone
• Net
• Bildad

Commentaries on Job 18

• 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