Tree of Life Version
Job 15:31
31“Let him not trust in emptiness, deceiving himself; for emptiness 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 King James Version (NKJV)Let him not trust in futile things, deceiving himself, For futility will be his reward.
Context of Job 15:31
29He will not become rich, and his wealth will not endure, nor will his possessions spread over the land. 30He will not escape from the darkness; a flame will wither his shoots, and he will depart by the breath of His mouth. “Let him not trust in emptiness, deceiving himself; for emptiness will be his reward. 32Before his day it will be paid in full and his branch will not be green. 33He will shake off his unripe grapes like a vine, and cast off his blossoms 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 power and sound wisdom; both deceived and deceiver are His.
- Isaiah 44:20He is feeding on ashes. A deceived heart has led him astray, so he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, “Isn’t what is in my right hand a fraud?”
- Galatians 6:3For if anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he is fooling himself.
- Ephesians 5:6Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things God’s judgment comes on the children of disobedience.
- Psalms 62:10Sons of Adam are a vapor, sons of man are an illusion. In balanced scales they go up— altogether they are less than a breath.
- Isaiah 59:4No one sues justly, and none pleads a case honestly. They trust in confusion and speak lies. They conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.
- Jonah 2:8As my soul was fading from me, I remembered Adonai and my prayer came to You, toward Your holy Temple.
- Job 4:8As I have seen, those who plow iniquity and sow harm, reap them.
- Proverbs 22:8One who sows injustice will reap trouble, and the rod of his fury will perish.
- Isaiah 17:10For you have forgotten the God of your salvation and you have not remembered the Rock of your strength. Therefore you plant delightful plants and set out exotic vines.
- Hosea 8:7“For they sow wind, and reap a whirlwind. There is no mature grain— the sprout yields no meal. Should it produce anything, strangers would swallow it up.
- Galatians 6:8For the one who sows in the flesh will reap corruption from the flesh. But the one who sows in the Ruach will reap from the Ruach eternal 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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