Job 15:30

Translations

King James Version (KJV)

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.

American King James Version (AKJV)

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.

American Standard Version (ASV)

He shall not depart out of darkness; The flame shall dry up his branches, And by the breath of God's mouth shall he go away.

Basic English Translation (BBE)

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

Webster's Revision

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.

World English Bible

He shall not depart out of darkness. The flame shall dry up his branches. By the breath of God's mouth shall he go away.

English Revised Version (ERV)

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.

Clarke's Job 15:30 Bible Commentary

He shall not depart out of darkness -

4. He shall be in continual afflictions and distress.

5. The flame shall dry up his branches - his children shall be cut off by sudden judgments.

6. He shall pass away by the breath of his mouth; for by the breath of his mouth doth God slay the wicked.

Barnes's Job 15:30 Bible Commentary

He shall not depart out of darkness - He shall not escape from calamity; see Job 15:22. He shall not be able to rise again, but shall be continually poor.

The flame shall dry up his branches - As the fire consumes the green branches of a tree, so shall punishment do to him. This comparison is very forcible, and the idea is, that the man who has been prospered as a tree shall be consumed - as the fire consumes a tree when it passes through the branches. The comparison of a prosperous man with a tree is very common, and very beautiful. Thus, the Psalmist says,

I have seen the wicked in great power,

And spreading himself like a green bay tree. Psalm 37:35.

Compare Psalm 92:12-13. The aged Skenandoah - a chief of the Oneida tribe of Indians, said," I am an aged hemlock. The winds of an hundred winters have whistled through my branches. I am dead at the top. My branches are falling," etc.

And by the breath of his mouth shall he go away - That is, by the breath of the mouth of God. God is not indeed specified, but it is not unusual to speak of him in this manner. The image here seems to be that of the destruction of a man by a burning wind or by lightning. As a tree is dried up, or is rent by lightning, or is torn up from the roots by a tempest sent by the Deity, so the wicked will be destroyed.

Wesley's Job 15:30 Bible Commentary

15:30 Depart - His misery shall have no end. Flame - God's anger and judgment upon him. Branches - His wealth, and power, and glory, wherewith he was encompassed, as trees are with their branches.His mouth - And this expression intimates, with how much ease God subdueth his enemies: his word, his blast; one act of his will is sufficient. Go - Heb. go back: that is, run away from God faster than he ran upon him, ver. 26 . So it is a continuation of the former metaphor of a conflict between two persons.

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