Job 15:23
21 A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.
22 He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword.
He wandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
24 Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid; they shall prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.
25 For he stretcheth out his hand against God, and strengtheneth himself against the Almighty.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- He wanders about as food for vultures; he knows the day of darkness is at hand.
- KJV
- He wandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
- WEB
- He wanders abroad for bread, saying, ‘Where is it?’ He knows that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
- ASV
- He wandereth abroad for bread, [saying], Where is it? He knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
- DARBY
- He wandereth abroad for bread, where may it be? He knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
- BLB
- He [is] is wandering for bread for vultures, knowing that a day of darkness [is] ready at his hand.
- ÅB
- Han flakker om etter brød og spør: Hvor er det å finne? Han vet at en mørkets dag står ferdig ved hans side .
- OTB
- Han vandrer etter mat og sier: 'Hvor er det?'
Han vet at mørkets dag er nær. - B1930
- Han flakker om efter brød og spør: Hvor er det å finne? Han vet at en mørkets dag står ferdig ved hans side .
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Job 18:12
His strength shall be hungerbitten, and destruction shall be ready at his side.
Read in contextPsalms 109:10
Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg: let them seek their bread also out of their desolate places.
Read in contextPsalms 59:15
Let them wander up and down for meat, and grudge if they be not satisfied.
Read in contextAmos 5:20
Shall not the day of the LORD be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?
Read in contextEcclesiastes 11:8
But if a man live many years, and rejoice in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many. All that cometh is vanity.
Read in contextLamentations 5:6
We have given the hand to the Egyptians, and to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.
Read in contextHebrews 10:27
But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.
Read in contextZephaniah 1:15
That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness,
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