Job 15:33

What does Job 15:33 mean?

A plain-English look at Job 15:33 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, And shall cast off his flower as the olive-tree.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and shall cast off his flower as the olive.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, And shall cast off his flower as the olive-tree.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

He is like a vine whose grapes do not come to full growth, or an olive-tree dropping its flowers.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

He shaketh off as a vine his unripe fruit, And casteth off as an olive his blossom.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

He shall be blasted as a vine when its grapes are in the first flower, and as an olive tree that casteth its flower.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

He shall shake off his unripe grapes as a vine, and shall cast his flower as an olive.

Context

v.32It shall be accomplished before his time, And his branch shall not be green.

v.33This passage

v.34For the company of the godless shall be barren, And fire shall consume the tents of bribery.

Cross references

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

  • Deuteronomy 28:39

    Thou shalt plant vineyards and dress them, but thou shalt neither drink of the wine, nor gather the grapes; for the worm shall eat them.

  • Isaiah 33:9

    The land mourneth and languisheth; Lebanon is confounded and withereth away; Sharon is like a desert; and Bashan and Carmel shake off their leaves.

  • Revelation 6:13

    and the stars of the heaven fell unto the earth, as a fig tree casteth her unripe figs when she is shaken of a great wind.

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