Job 15:29
He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof upon the earth.
Job 15:29 in other translations
| BSB | He will no longer be rich; his wealth will not endure. His possessions will not overspread the land. |
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| WEB | He will not be rich, neither will his substance continue, neither will their possessions be extended on the earth. |
| ASV | He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, Neither shall their possessions be extended on the earth. |
| YLT | He is not rich, nor doth his wealth rise, Nor doth he stretch out on earth their continuance. |
| DARBY | He shall not become rich, neither shall his substance continue, and their possessions shall not extend upon the earth. |
| BBE | He does not get wealth for himself, and is unable to keep what he has got; the heads of his grain are not bent down to the earth. |
| Webster | He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he prolong the perfection of it upon the earth. |
What does Job 15:29 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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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…
Job 15:29 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Job 15:29
- Job 27:16-17
Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay; He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.
- James 1:11
For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways.
- Luke 12:19-21
And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry. But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided? So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.
- Psalms 49:16-17
Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased; For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall not descend after him.
- Luke 16:19-22
There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day: And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores, And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man’s table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores. And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham’s bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;
- Job 20:22-28
In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand of the wicked shall come upon him. When he is about to fill his belly, God shall cast the fury of his wrath upon him, and shall rain it upon him while he is eating. 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. …
- James 5:1-3
Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you. Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten. Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.
- Job 22:15-20
Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden? Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood: Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them? Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me. …
- Luke 16:2
And he called him, and said unto him, How is it that I hear this of thee? give an account of thy stewardship; for thou mayest be no longer steward.
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Context
- Job 15:28
And he dwelleth in desolate cities, and in houses which no man inhabiteth, which are ready to become heaps.
- Job 15:29
He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof upon the earth.
- Job 15:30
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.
Job 15:29 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | No enriquecerá, ni será firme su potencia, ni extenderá por la tierra su hermosura. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Il ne deviendra pas riche, et son bien ne subsistera pas, et ses possessions ne s’étendront pas sur la terre. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | so wird er nicht reich werden, und sein Vermögen wird keinen Bestand haben; und nicht neigt sich zur Erde, was solche besitzen. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Non ditabitur, nec perseverabit substantia ejus, nec mittet in terra radicem suam. |