New King James Version
Job 15:31
31Let him not trust in futile things, deceiving himself, For futility 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 Living Translation (NLT)Let them no longer fool themselves by trusting in empty riches, for emptiness will be their only reward.
Context of Job 15:31
29He will not be rich, Nor will his wealth continue, Nor will his possessions overspread the earth. 30He will not depart from darkness; The flame will dry out his branches, And by the breath of His mouth he will go away. Let him not trust in futile things, deceiving himself, For futility will be his reward. 32It will be accomplished before his time, And his branch will not be green. 33He will shake off his unripe grape like a vine, And cast off his blossom like an olive tree.
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. The deceived and the deceiver are His.
- Isaiah 44:20He feeds on ashes; A deceived heart has turned him aside; And he cannot deliver his soul, Nor say, “Is there not a lie in my right hand?”
- Galatians 6:3For if anyone thinks himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
- Ephesians 5:6Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience.
- Psalms 62:10Do not trust in oppression, Nor vainly hope in robbery; If riches increase, Do not set your heart on them.
- Isaiah 59:4No one calls for justice, Nor does any plead for truth. They trust in empty words and speak lies; They conceive evil and bring forth iniquity.
- Jonah 2:8“Those who regard worthless idols Forsake their own Mercy.
- Job 4:8Even as I have seen, Those who plow iniquity And sow trouble reap the same.
- Proverbs 22:8He who sows iniquity will reap sorrow, And the rod of his anger will fail.
- Isaiah 17:10Because you have forgotten the God of your salvation, And have not been mindful of the Rock of your stronghold, Therefore you will plant pleasant plants And set out foreign seedlings;
- Hosea 8:7“They sow the wind, And reap the whirlwind. The stalk has no bud; It shall never produce meal. If it should produce, Aliens would swallow it up.
- Galatians 6:8For he who sows to his flesh will of the flesh reap corruption, but he who sows to the Spirit will of the Spirit reap everlasting life.
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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