Revised Version 1895
Job 15:30
30He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away.
Job 15:30 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away.
- New International Version (NIV)He will not escape the darkness; a flame will wither his shoots, and the breath of God’s mouth will carry him away.
- English Standard Version (ESV)he will not depart from darkness; the flame will dry up his shoots, and by the breath of his mouth he will depart.
- New King James Version (NKJV)He will not depart from darkness; The flame will dry out his branches, And by the breath of His mouth he will go away.
Context of Job 15:30
28And he hath dwelt in desolate cities, in houses which no man inhabited, which were ready to become heaps. 29He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall their produce bend to the earth. He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away. 31Let him not trust in vanity, deceiving himself: for vanity shall be his recompence. 32It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be green.
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לֹֽא־יָס֨וּר׀ מִנִּי־חֹ֗שֶׁךְ יֹֽ֭נַקְתּוֹ תְּיַבֵּ֣שׁ שַׁלְהָ֑בֶת וְ֝יָס֗וּר בְּר֣וּחַ פִּֽיו׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Job 15:30
- Job 15:22He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword:
- Job 10:21Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and of the shadow of death;
- Job 18:5Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine.
- Matthew 8:12but the sons of the kingdom shall be cast forth into the outer darkness: there shall be the weeping and gnashing of teeth.
- Matthew 22:13Then the king said to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and cast him out into the outer darkness; there shall be the weeping and gnashing of teeth.
- 2 Peter 2:17These are springs without water, and mists driven by a storm; for whom the blackness of darkness hath been reserved.
- Jude 1:13Wild waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, for whom the blackness of darkness hath been reserved for ever.
- Job 20:26All darkness is laid up for his treasures: a fire not blown by man shall devour him; it shall consume that which is left in his tent.
- Isaiah 30:33For a Topheth is prepared of old; yea, for the king it is made ready; he hath made it deep and large: the pile thereof is fire and much wood; the breath of the LORD, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it.
- Ezekiel 15:4Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel: the fire hath devoured both the ends of it, and the midst of it is burned; is it profitable for any work?
- Ezekiel 20:47and say to the forest of the South, Hear the word of the LORD; Thus saith the Lord GOD: Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burnt thereby.
- Matthew 25:41Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into the eternal fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels:
- Mark 9:43And if thy hand cause thee to stumble, cut it off: it is good for thee to enter into life maimed, rather than having thy two hands to go into hell, into the unquenchable fire.
- 2 Thessalonians 1:8in flaming fire, rendering vengeance to them that know not God, and to them that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus:
- Job 4:9By the breath of God they perish, and by the blast of his anger are they consumed.
- Isaiah 11:4but with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.
Commentaries on Job 15:30
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 30He shall not depart out of darkness - He shall be in continual afflictions and distress. The flame shall dry up his branches - his children shall be cut off by sudden judgments. 6. He shall pass away by the breath of his mouth; for by the breath of his mouth doth God slay the wicked.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 30He shall not depart out of darkness - He shall not escape from calamity; see Job 15:22. He shall not be able to rise again, but shall be continually poor. The flame shall dry up his branches - As the fire consumes the green branches of a tree, so shall punishment do to him. This comparison is very forcible, and the idea is, that the man who has been prospered as a tree shall be consumed - as the fire consumes a tree when it passes through the branches…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. 30The flame, could refer to the sun burning or the flame of judgment from God (see 15:34; Numbers 16:31–35; Psalms 106:17–18; Ezekiel 20:47). the breath of God's mouth: This might be a desert wind or a direct "theophany" (a revelation of God’s presence) that caused the "fire" of Job 15:34.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3030. depart--that is, escape (Job 15:22, 23). branches--namely, his offspring (Job 1:18, 19; Psa 37:35). dry up--The "flame" is the sultry wind in the East by which plants most full of sap are suddenly shrivelled. his mouth--that is, God's wrath (Is 11:4).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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