New King James Version
Job 15:32
32It will be accomplished before his time, And his branch will not be green.
Job 15:32 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be green.
- New International Version (NIV)Before his time he will wither, and his branches will not flourish.
- English Standard Version (ESV)It will be paid in full before his time, and his branch will not be green.
- New Living Translation (NLT)They will be cut down in the prime of life; their branches will never again be green.
Context of Job 15:32
30He will not depart from darkness; The flame will dry out his branches, And by the breath of His mouth he will go away. 31Let him not trust in futile things, deceiving himself, For futility will be his reward. It 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. 34For the company of hypocrites will be barren, And fire will consume the tents of bribery.
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בְּֽלֹא־י֭וֹמוֹ תִּמָּלֵ֑א וְ֝כִפָּת֗וֹ לֹ֣א רַעֲנָֽנָה׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 15:32
- Job 22:16Who were cut down before their time, Whose foundations were swept away by a flood?
- Psalms 55:23But You, O God, shall bring them down to the pit of destruction; Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; But I will trust in You.
- Ecclesiastes 7:17Do not be overly wicked, Nor be foolish: Why should you die before your time?
- Job 8:16He grows green in the sun, And his branches spread out in his garden.
- Job 14:7“For there is hope for a tree, If it is cut down, that it will sprout again, And that its tender shoots will not cease.
- Job 18:16His roots are dried out below, And his branch withers above.
- Psalms 52:5God shall likewise destroy you forever; He shall take you away, and pluck you out of your dwelling place, And uproot you from the land of the living. Selah
- Isaiah 27:11When its boughs are withered, they will be broken off; The women come and set them on fire. For it is a people of no understanding; Therefore He who made them will not have mercy on them, And He who formed them will show them no favor.
- Ezekiel 17:8It was planted in good soil by many waters, To bring forth branches, bear fruit, And become a majestic vine.” ’
- Hosea 9:16Ephraim is stricken, Their root is dried up; They shall bear no fruit. Yes, were they to bear children, I would kill the darlings of their womb.”
- Hosea 14:5I will be like the dew to Israel; He shall grow like the lily, And lengthen his roots like Lebanon.
- John 15:6If anyone does not abide in Me, he is cast out as a branch and is withered; and they gather them and throw them into the fire, and they are burned.
Commentaries on Job 15:32
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 32It shall be accomplished before his time - I believe the Vulgate gives the true sense: Antequam dies ejus impleantur, peribit; "He shall perish before his time; before his days are completed." He shall be removed by a violent death, and not live out half his days. 9. And his branch shall not be green - there shall be no scion from his roots; all his posterity shall fail.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 32It shall be accomplished before his time - Margin, “cut off.” The image here is that of a tree, which had been suggested in Job 15:30. Here it is followed up by various illustrations drawn from the flower, the fruit, etc., all of which are designed to denote the same thing - that a wicked man will not be permanently prosperous; he will not live and flourish as he would if he were righteous. He will be like a tree that is cut down before its proper time…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. 3232. Literally, "it (the tree to which he is compared, Job 15:30, or else his life) shall not be filled up in its time"; that is, "he shall be ended before his time." shall not be green--image from a withered tree; the childless extinction of the wicked.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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