New King James Version
Job 15:34
34For the company of hypocrites will be barren, And fire will consume the tents of bribery.
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 Living Translation (NLT)For the godless are barren. Their homes, enriched through bribery, will burn.
Context of Job 15:34
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. For the company of hypocrites will be barren, And fire will consume the tents of bribery. 35They conceive trouble and bring forth futility; Their womb prepares deceit.”
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 8:13So are the paths of all who forget God; And the hope of the hypocrite shall perish,
- Job 20:1Then Zophar the Naamathite answered and said:
- Job 27:8For what is the hope of the hypocrite, Though he may gain much, If God takes away his life?
- Job 36:13“But the hypocrites in heart store up wrath; They do not cry for help when He binds them.
- Isaiah 33:14The sinners in Zion are afraid; Fearfulness has seized the hypocrites: “Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? Who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings?”
- Matthew 24:51and will cut him in two and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites. There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
- Job 11:14If iniquity were in your hand, and you put it far away, And would not let wickedness dwell in your tents;
- Job 12:6The tents of robbers prosper, And those who provoke God are secure— In what God provides by His hand.
- Job 22:5Is not your wickedness great, And your iniquity without end?
- Job 29:12Because I delivered the poor who cried out, The fatherless and the one who had no helper.
- 1 Samuel 8:3But his sons did not walk in his ways; they turned aside after dishonest gain, took bribes, and perverted justice.
- 1 Samuel 12:3Here I am. Witness against me before the Lord and before His anointed: Whose ox have I taken, or whose donkey have I taken, or whom have I cheated? Whom have I oppressed, or from whose hand have I received any bribe with which to blind my eyes? I will restore it to you.”
- Micah 7:2The faithful man has perished from the earth, And there is no one upright among men. They all lie in wait for blood; Every man hunts his brother with a net.
- Amos 5:11Therefore, because you tread down the poor And take grain taxes from him, Though you have built houses of hewn stone, Yet you shall not dwell in them; You have planted pleasant vineyards, But you shall not drink wine from them.
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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