New Living Translation
Job 15:32
32They will be cut down in the prime of life; their branches will never again 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 King James Version (NKJV)It will be accomplished before his time, And his branch will not be green.
Context of Job 15:32
30“They will not escape the darkness. The burning sun will wither their shoots, and the breath of God will destroy them. 31Let them no longer fool themselves by trusting in empty riches, for emptiness will be their only reward. They will be cut down in the prime of life; their branches will never again be green. 33They will be like a vine whose grapes are harvested too early, like an olive tree that loses its blossoms before the fruit can form. 34For the godless are barren. Their homes, enriched through bribery, will burn.
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בְּֽלֹא־י֭וֹמוֹ תִּמָּלֵ֑א וְ֝כִפָּת֗וֹ לֹ֣א רַעֲנָֽנָה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 15:32
- Job 22:16They were snatched away in the prime of life, the foundations of their lives washed away.
- Psalms 55:23But you, O God, will send the wicked down to the pit of destruction. Murderers and liars will die young, but I am trusting you to save me.
- Ecclesiastes 7:17On the other hand, don’t be too wicked either. Don’t be a fool! Why die before your time?
- Job 8:16The godless seem like a lush plant growing in the sunshine, its branches spreading across the garden.
- Job 14:7“Even a tree has more hope! If it is cut down, it will sprout again and grow new branches.
- Job 18:16Their roots will dry up, and their branches will wither.
- Psalms 52:5But God will strike you down once and for all. He will pull you from your home and uproot you from the land of the living. Interlude
- Isaiah 27:11The people are like the dead branches of a tree, broken off and used for kindling beneath the cooking pots. Israel is a foolish and stupid nation, for its people have turned away from God. Therefore, the one who made them will show them no pity or mercy.
- Ezekiel 17:8even though it was already planted in good soil and had plenty of water so it could grow into a splendid vine and produce rich leaves and luscious fruit.
- Hosea 9:16The people of Israel are struck down. Their roots are dried up, and they will bear no more fruit. And if they give birth, I will slaughter their beloved children.”
- Hosea 14:5I will be to Israel like a refreshing dew from heaven. Israel will blossom like the lily; it will send roots deep into the soil like the cedars in Lebanon.
- John 15:6Anyone who does not remain in me is thrown away like a useless branch and withers. Such branches are gathered into a pile to be 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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