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Job 15:29

in Job 15

He will no longer be rich; his wealth will not endure. His possessions will not overspread the land.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

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

KJV

He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof upon the earth.

This verse in Job 15

Commentary

9 notes on this verse
Ver. 29. He shall not be inhabited, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he send forth his root into the earth. That which is here expressed, He shall not be inhabited, I have found in some copies, He shall not be enriched; but the sense is not at variance, though the phraseology is at variance. For he is 'enriched' with virtuous attainments whose mind is 'inhabited' by Almighty God. But because the thought of the proud man is not 'inhabited' by the grace of his Maker, hereby surely he is not 'enriched' with virtues.

This site's exposition

He will no longer be rich

on Job 15:29-35

The poem closes with loss, and "the flame will wither his shoots" turns the plant words Job used of hope in chapter 14 into judgment. The last lines, "fire will consume the tents of bribery", state as settled law a doctrine the book leaves unsettled at 42:7.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

A commentator

Olympiodorus of Alexandria

COMMENTARY ON JOB 15:28-29 · Written before 600.

proposed

He describes the absolute solitude of the impious and says that because of their misery, they inhabit desolation instead of prosperous cities and houses. "In fact," Eliphaz says, "their wealth will not last."

The Medieval Church1 voice

A commentator

Thomas Aquinas

Commentary on Job · Written before 1274.

proposed

Second is that he is despoiled of his riches and so he says, "He will not become wealthy," by acquiring new riches, "nor will he preserve his substance," to retain the riches he has already acquired. The third bitter thing is the impossibility of recovering …

The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

It is contentment only that is great gain. Providence remarkably keeps some from being rich, defeating their enterprises, breaking their measures, and keeping them always behind-hand. Many that get much by fraud and injustice, yet do not grow rich: it goes as it comes; it is got by one sin and spent upon another.

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

11 Are the consolations of God small with thee? is there any secret thing with thee? 12 Why doth thine heart carry thee away? and what do thy eyes wink at, 13 That thou turnest thy spirit against God, and lettest such words go out of thy mouth? 14 What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?

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2 more voices on this verse

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

proposed

He shall not be rich - The whole of what follows, to the end of the chapter, seems to be directed against Job himself, whom Eliphaz indirectly accuses of having been a tyrant and oppressor. The threatened evils are, 1. He shall not be rich, though he labors greatly to acquire riches. 2. His substance shall not continue - God will blast it, and deprive him of power to preserve it. 3. Neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof - all his works shall perish, for God will blot out his remembrance from under heaven.
He shall not be rich - That is, he shall not continue rich; or he shall not again become rich. He shall be permanently poor. Neither shall his substance continue - His property.

The words behind it

9 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • לֹֽא־not

    lo'-H3808 →5168 times

  • יֶ֭עְשַׁרhe will be rich

    ye'sharH6238 →

  • וְלֹא־and not

    velo'-H3808 →5168 times

  • יָק֣וּםit will endure

    yakumH6965 →628 times

  • חֵיל֑וֹwealth his

    cheiloH2428 →246 times

  • וְלֹֽא־and not

    velo'-H3808 →5168 times

  • יִטֶּ֖הit will stretch out

    yitehH5186 →214 times

  • לָאָ֣רֶץto the land

    laaretzH776 →2504 times

  • מִנְלָֽם׃property their

    minlamH4512 →

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    James 1:11

    For the sun rises with scorching heat and withers the plant; its flower falls and its beauty is lost. So too, the rich man will fade away in the midst of his pursuits.

    it leads to

    • Isaiah 40:7–8

      The grass withers and the flowers fall when the breath of the LORD blows on them; indeed, the people are grass.

    • Psalms 37:35–36

      I have seen a wicked, ruthless man flourishing like a well-rooted native tree,

    • Luke 16:19–25

      Now there was a rich man dressed in purple and fine linen, who lived each day in joyous splendor.

    • Mark 4:6

      But when the sun rose, the seedlings were scorched, and they withered because they had no root.

    • James 5:1–7

      Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail over the misery to come upon you.

  • Through

    Luke 16:2

    So he called him in to ask, ‘What is this I hear about you? Turn in an account of your management, for you cannot be manager any longer.’

    it leads to

    • 1 Peter 4:5

      But they will have to give an account to Him who is ready to judge the living and the dead.

    • Revelation 20:12

      And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne. And there were open books, and one of them was the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their…

    • 1 Samuel 2:23–24

      “Why are you doing these things?” Eli said to his sons. “I hear about your wicked deeds from all these people.

About Job

Job Hears of His Misfortunes, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Job Hears of His Misfortunes, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Gregory the Dialogist, Morals on the Book of Job, Book XII; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible; Olympiodorus of Alexandria, COMMENTARY ON JOB 15:28-29 and Thomas Aquinas, Commentary on Job.