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Job 15:21

15:20 The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor.
A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him. A dreadful: Heb. A sound of fears

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A sound of terrors is in his ears. In prosperity the destroyer shall come on him.

A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.

A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come on him.

15:22 He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword.

What does Job 15:21 mean?

Job 15:21 is a verse in the book of Job, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include פַּחַד (pachad), קוֹל (qôwl), אֹזֶן (ʼôzen). It connects to 9 cross-referenced passages elsewhere in Scripture.

Hebrew interlinear

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A
dreadfulפַּחַדpachad/pakh'-ad/H6343a (sudden) alarm (properly, the object feared, by implication, the feeling)
soundקוֹלqôwl/kole/H6963a voice or sound
is
in
his
ears:אֹזֶןʼôzen/o'-zen/H241broadness. i.e. (concrete) the ear (from its form in man)
in
prosperityשָׁלוֹםshâlôwm/shaw-lome'/H7965safe, i.e. (figuratively) well, happy, friendly; also (abstractly) welfare, i.e. health, prosperity, peace
the
destroyerשָׁדַדshâdad/shaw-dad'/H7703properly, to be burly, i.e. (figuratively) powerful (passively, impregnable); by implication, to ravage
shall
comeבּוֹאbôwʼ/bo/H935to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
upon
him.
A
dreadful:
Heb.
A
sound
of
fears

Commentary on Job 15:21

HENRY_FULL · Job 15:21
er we have Job's answer to Bildad's discourse, wherein he speaks honourably of God, humbly of himself, and feelingly of his troubles; but not one word by way of reflection upon his friends, or their unkindness to him, nor in direct reply to what Bildad had said. He wisely keeps to the merits of the cause, and makes no remarks upon the person that managed it, nor seeks occasion against him. In this chapter we have, I. The doctrine of God's justice laid down, ver. 2 . II. The proof of it, from his wisdom, and power, and sovereign dominion, ver. 3-13 . III. The application of it, in which, 1. He condemns himself, as not able to contend with God either in law or battle, ver. 14-21 . 2. He maintains his point, that we cannot judge of men's character by their outward condition, ver. 22-24 . 3. He complains of the greatness of his troubles, the confusion he was in, and the loss he was at what to say or do, ver. 25-35 . Job's Reply to Bildad. ( b. c. 1520.)

Cross-references

Related passages from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

1 Kings 8:46

If they sin against thee, (for there is no man that sinneth not,) and thou be angry with them, and deliver them to the enemy, so that they carry them away captives unto the land of the enemy, far or near;

Job 4:17

Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker?

Job 14:3

And dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest me into judgment with thee?

Job 14:4

Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one. can: Heb. will give

Job 25:4

How then can man be justified with God? or how can he be clean that is born of a woman?

Job 32:2

Then was kindled the wrath of Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the kindred of Ram: against Job was his wrath kindled, because he justified himself rather than God. himself: Heb. his soul

Job 33:9

I am clean without transgression, I am innocent; neither is there iniquity in me.

Job 34:5

For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my judgment.

Romans 3:20

Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Job 15:21.

Genesis 15:15

And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.

Genesis 16:2

And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the LORD hath restrained me from bearing: I pray thee, go in unto my maid; it may be that I may obtain children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai. obtain: Heb. be built by her

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What does Job 15:21 say?

Job 15:21 (King James Version) reads: "A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him. A dreadful: Heb. A sound of fears"

Is Job 15:21 in the Old or New Testament?

Job 15:21 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Job.

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