Job 15 · Verse 22

Job 15:22

He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword.
Job 15:22, King James Version

Job 15:22 in other translations

BSBHe despairs of his return from darkness; he is marked for the sword.
WEBHe doesn’t believe that he will return out of darkness. He is waited for by the sword.
ASVHe believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, And he is waited for of the sword.
YLTHe believeth not to return from darkness, And watched is he for the sword.
DARBYHe believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is singled out for the sword.
BBEHe has no hope of coming safe out of the dark, and his fate will be the sword;
WebsterHe believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for by the sword.

What does Job 15:22 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
22. darkness--namely, danger or calamity. Glancing at Job, who despaired of restoration: in contrast to good men when in darkness (Mi 7:8, 9). waited for of--that is, He is destined for the sword [Gesenius]. Rather (in the night of danger), "he looks anxiously towards the sword," as if every sword was drawn against him [Umbreit].

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 22 That he shall return out of darkness - If he take but a few steps in the dark, he expects the dagger of the assassin. This appears to be the only meaning of the place. Some think the passage should be understood to signify that he has no hope of a resurrection; he can never escape from the tomb. This I doubt: in the days of the writer of this book, the doctrine of a future judgment was understood in every part of the East where the knowledge of the true God was diffused.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 15:17-35

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…

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Job 15:22 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

לֹא\־lo'-notH3808
יַאֲמִ֣יןya.'a.Minhe believesH539
שׁ֭וּבSuvto returnH7725
מִנִּי\־mi.ni-fromH4480
חֹ֑שֶׁךְCho.shekhdarknessH2822
וְצָפ֖וּיve.tza.fuand [is] watchedH6822
ה֣וּאhu'heH1931
אֱלֵי\־'e.lei-toH413
חָֽרֶב\׃Cha.rev[the] swordH2719

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Job 15:22

  • Job 20:24-25

    He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of steel shall strike him through. It is drawn, and cometh out of the body; yea, the glittering sword cometh out of his gall: terrors are upon him.

  • Job 27:14

    If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword: and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.

  • Isaiah 8:21-22

    And they shall pass through it, hardly bestead and hungry: and it shall come to pass, that when they shall be hungry, they shall fret themselves, and curse their king and their God, and look upward. And they shall look unto the earth; and behold trouble and darkness, dimness of anguish; and they shall be driven to darkness.

  • Matthew 27:5

    And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself.

  • Job 19:29

    Be ye afraid of the sword: for wrath bringeth the punishments of the sword, that ye may know there is a judgment.

  • Job 9:16

    If I had called, and he had answered me; yet would I not believe that he had hearkened unto my voice.

  • Job 6:11

    What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end, that I should prolong my life?

  • 2 Kings 6:33

    And while he yet talked with them, behold, the messenger came down unto him: and he said, Behold, this evil is of the Lord; what should I wait for the Lord any longer?

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
He believeth not.
6:11; 9:16; 2Ki 6:33; Isa 8:21,22; Mt 27:5
and he is.
20:24,25

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Job 15:21

    A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.

  • Job 15:22

    He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword.

  • Job 15:23

    He wandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.

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Job 15:22 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		El no creerá que ha de volver de las tinieblas, y está mirando al cuchillo.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Il ne croit pas revenir des ténèbres, et l’épée l’attend;
German
Elberfelder 1871		er glaubt nicht an eine Rückkehr aus der Finsternis, und er ist ausersehen für das Schwert.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Non credit quod reverti possit de tenebris ad lucem, circumspectans undique gladium.