New English Translation
Job 15:31
31Let him not trust in what is worthless, deceiving himself; for worthlessness will be his reward.
Job 15:31 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompence.
- New International Version (NIV)Let him not deceive himself by trusting what is worthless, for he will get nothing in return.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Let him not trust in emptiness, deceiving himself, for emptiness will be his payment.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Let him not trust in futile things, deceiving himself, For futility will be his reward.
Context of Job 15:31
29He will not grow rich, and his wealth will not endure, nor will his possessions spread over the land. 30He will not escape the darkness; a flame will wither his shoots and he will depart by the breath of God’s mouth. Let him not trust in what is worthless, deceiving himself; for worthlessness will be his reward. 32Before his time he will be paid in full, and his branches will not flourish. 33Like a vine he will let his sour grapes fall, and like an olive tree he will shed his blossoms.
Read all of Job 15Job 15:31 word by word
אַל־יַאֲמֵ֣ן בַּשָּׁ֣יו נִתְעָ֑ה כִּי־שָׁ֝֗וְא תִּהְיֶ֥ה תְמוּרָתֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 15:31
- Job 12:16With him are strength and prudence; both the one who goes astray and the one who misleads are his.
- Isaiah 44:20He feeds on ashes; his deceived mind misleads him. He cannot rescue himself, nor does he say, ‘Is this not a false god I hold in my right hand?’
- Galatians 6:3For if anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
- Ephesians 5:6Let nobody deceive you with empty words, for because of these things God’s wrath comes on the sons of disobedience.
- Psalms 62:10Do not trust in what you can gain by oppression! Do not put false confidence in what you can gain by robbery! If wealth increases, do not become attached to it!
- Isaiah 59:4No one is concerned about justice; no one sets forth his case truthfully. They depend on false words and tell lies; they conceive of oppression and give birth to sin.
- Jonah 2:8Those who worship worthless idols forfeit the mercy that could be theirs.
- Job 4:8Even as I have seen, those who plow iniquity and those who sow trouble reap the same.
- Proverbs 22:8The one who sows iniquity will reap trouble, and the rod of his fury will end.
- Isaiah 17:10For you ignore the God who rescues you; you pay no attention to your strong protector. So this is what happens: You cultivate beautiful plants and plant exotic vines.
- Hosea 8:7They sow the wind, and so they will reap the whirlwind! The stalk does not have any standing grain; it will not produce any flour. Even if it were to yield grain, foreigners would swallow it all up.
- Galatians 6:8because the person who sows to his own flesh will reap corruption from the flesh, but the one who sows to the Spirit will reap eternal life from the Spirit.
Commentaries on Job 15:31
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 31Let not him that is deceived - 7. He has many vain imaginations of obtaining wealth, power, pleasure, and happiness; but he is deceived; and he finds that he has trusted בשוא bashshav, in a lie; and this lie is his recompense.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 31Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity - The sense is, “Let him not trust in vanity. He will be deceived. Vanity will be his recompense.” The idea is, that a man should not confide in that which will furnish no support. He should not rely on his wealth and rank; his houses and lands; his servants, his armies, or his power, if he is wicked, for all this is vain. He needs some better reliance, and that can be found only in a righteous life. The word…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. 3131. Rather, "let him not trust in vanity or he will be deceived," &c. vanity--that which is unsubstantial. Sin is its own punishment (Pr 1:31; Jr 2:19).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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