Job 15 · Verse 35

Job 15:35

They conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity, and their belly prepareth deceit.
Job 15:35, King James Version

Job 15:35 in other translations

BSBThey conceive trouble and give birth to evil; their womb is pregnant with deceit.”
WEBThey conceive mischief and produce iniquity. Their heart prepares deceit.”
ASVThey conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity, And their heart prepareth deceit.
YLTTo conceive misery, and to bear iniquity, Even their heart doth prepare deceit.
DARBYThey conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity, and their belly prepareth deceit.
BBEEvil has made them with child, and they give birth to trouble; and the fruit of their body is shame for themselves.
WebsterThey conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity, and their belly prepareth deceit.

What does Job 15:35 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
35. Bitter irony, illustrating the "unfruitfulness" (Job 15:34) of the wicked. Their conceptions and birthgivings consist solely in mischief, &c. (Is 33:11). prepareth--hatcheth.

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 35 They conceive mischief - The figure here is both elegant and impressive. The wicked conceive mischief, from the seed which Satan sows in their hearts; in producing which they travail with many pangs, (for sin is a sore labor), and at last their womb produces fraud or deception. This is an accursed birth, from an iniquitous conception. St. James gives the figure at full length, most beautifully touched in all its parts: When lust hath conceived it bringeth forth sin; and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death; Jam 1:15 (note), where see the note. Poor Job! what a fight of affliction had he to contend with! His body wasted and tortured with sore disease; his mind harassed by Satan; and his heart wrung with the unkindness, and false accusations of his friends. No wonder he was greatly agitated, often distracted, and sometimes even thrown off his guard. However, all his enemies were chained; and beyond that chain they could not go. God was his unseen Protector, and did not suffer his faithful servant to be greatly moved.

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 15:35 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.

הָרֹ֣הha.Rohthey conceiveH2029
עָ֭מָל'A.moltroubleH5999
וְיָ֣לֹדve.Ya.lodand they give birth toH3205
אָ֑וֶן'A.venwickednessH205
וּ֝בִטְנָ֗םu.vit.Namand belly theirH990
תָּכִ֥יןta.Khinit preparesH3559
מִרְמָֽה\׃\ \סmir.MahdeceitH4820

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

Cross references for Job 15:35

  • Psalms 7:14

    Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.

  • Hosea 10:13

    Ye have plowed wickedness, ye have reaped iniquity; ye have eaten the fruit of lies: because thou didst trust in thy way, in the multitude of thy mighty men.

  • Isaiah 59:4-5

    None calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity. They hatch cockatrice’ eggs, and weave the spider’s web: he that eateth of their eggs dieth, and that which is crushed breaketh out into a viper.

  • James 1:15

    Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.

  • Galatians 6:7-8

    Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
conceive.
Ps 7:14; Isa 59:4,5; Ho 10:13; Ga 6:7,8; Jas 1:15
vanity. or, iniquity.

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Context

  • Job 15:34

    For the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate, and fire shall consume the tabernacles of bribery.

  • Job 15:35

    They conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity, and their belly prepareth deceit.

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Job 15:35 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Concibieron dolor, y parieron iniquidad; y las entrañas de ellos meditan engaño.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Il conçoit la misère et enfante le malheur, et son sein prépare la tromperie.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Sie sind schwanger mit Mühsal und gebären Unheil, und ihr Inneres bereitet Trug.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Concepit dolorem, et peperit iniquitatem, et uterus ejus præparat dolos.