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Selected Verse: Job 15:23 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Job 15:23 |
Strong Concordance |
He wandereth abroad [05074] for bread [03899], saying, Where is it? he knoweth [03045] that the day [03117] of darkness [02822] is ready [03559] at his hand [03027]. |
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King James |
He wandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
Wandereth in anxious search for bread. Famine in Old Testament depicts sore need (Isa 5:13). Contrast the pious man's lot (Job 5:20-22).
knoweth--has the firm conviction. Contrast the same word applied to the pious (Job 5:24-25).
ready at his hand--an Arabic phrase to denote a thing's complete readiness and full presence, as if in the hand. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
He wandereth abroad for bread - The Septuagint renders this, "he is destined to be food for vultures" - κατατέτακται δὲ εἰς σῖτα γυψίν katatetaktai de eis sitos gupsin. The meaning of the Hebrew is, simply, that he will be reduced to poverty, and will not know where to obtain a supply for his returning needs.
He knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand - He is assured that the period of calamity is not far remote. It must come. He has no security that it will not come immediately. The whole design of this is to show that there is no calmness and security for a wicked man; that in the midst of apparent prosperity his soul is in constant dread. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Knoweth - From his own guilty conscience. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
He wandereth abroad for bread - He is reduced to a state of the utmost indigence, he who was once in affluence requires a morsel of bread, and can scarcely by begging procure enough to sustain life.
Is ready at his hand - Is בידו beyado, in his hand - in his possession. As he cannot get bread, he must soon meet death. |
24 And thou shalt know [03045] that thy tabernacle [0168] shall be in peace [07965]; and thou shalt visit [06485] thy habitation [05116], and shalt not sin [02398].
25 Thou shalt know [03045] also that thy seed [02233] shall be great [07227], and thine offspring [06631] as the grass [06212] of the earth [0776].
20 In famine [07458] he shall redeem [06299] thee from death [04194]: and in war [04421] from the power [03027] of the sword [02719].
21 Thou shalt be hid [02244] from the scourge [07752] of the tongue [03956]: neither shalt thou be afraid [03372] of destruction [07701] when it cometh [0935].
22 At destruction [07701] and famine [03720] thou shalt laugh [07832]: neither shalt thou be afraid [03372] of the beasts [02416] of the earth [0776].
13 Therefore my people [05971] are gone into captivity [01540], because they have no knowledge [01847]: and their honourable [03519] men [04962] are famished [07458], and their multitude [01995] dried up [06704] with thirst [06772].