Job 15:30

What does Job 15:30 mean?

A plain-English look at Job 15:30 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

He shall not depart out of darkness; The flame shall dry up his branches, And by the breath ofGod’smouth shall he go away.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

He shall not depart out of darkness; The flame shall dry up his branches, And by the breath ofGod’smouth shall he go away.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

He does not come out of the dark; his branches are burned by the flame, and the wind takes away his bud.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

He turneth not aside from darkness, His tender branch doth a flame dry up, And he turneth aside at the breath of His mouth!

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

He shall not depart out of darkness: the flame shall dry up his branches, and he shall be taken away by the breath of his own mouth.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

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.

Context

v.29He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, Neither shall their possessions be extended on the earth.

v.30This passage

v.31Let him not trust in vanity, deceiving himself; For vanity shall be his recompense.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Matthew 8:12

    but the sons of the kingdom shall be cast forth into the outer darkness: there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.

  • Job 5:14

    They meet with darkness in the day-time, And grope at noonday as in the night.

  • Matthew 22:13

    Then 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 the gnashing of teeth.

  • Mark 9:43

    And 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.

  • Matthew 25:41

    Then 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:

  • Revelation 19:15

    And out of his mouth proceedeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness of the wrath of God, the Almighty.

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