Job 15:34
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For the company of the godless will be barren, and fire will consume the tents of bribery.
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Perhaps Job was so clear, and so well satisfied, in the goodness of his own cause, that he thought, if he had not convinced, yet he had at least silenced all his three friends; but, it seems he had not: in this chapter they begin a second attack upon him, each of them charging him afresh with as much vehemence as before. It is natural to us to be fond of our own sentiments, and therefore to be firm to them, and with difficulty to be brought to recede from them. Eliphaz here keeps close to the principles upon which he had condemned Job, and, I. He reproves him for justifying himself, and fathers on him many evil things which are unfairly inferred thence (Job 15:2-13). II. He persuades him to humble himself before God and to take shame to himself (Job 15:14-16). III. He reads him a long lecture concerning the woeful estate of wicked people, who harden their hearts against God and the judgments which are prepared for them (v. 17-35). A good use may be made both of his reproofs (for they are plain) and of his doctrine (for it is sound), though both the one and the other are misapplied to Job.
Open source ↗15:34 The flame of judgment (15:30) will burn the unjust gain of the godless.
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Such is the destiny of all who forget God; so the hope of the godless will perish.
For what is the hope of the godless when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?
The godly man has perished from the earth; there is no one upright among men. They all lie in wait for blood; they hunt one another with a net.
Your enemies will be clothed in shame, and the tent of the wicked will be no more.”
if you put away the iniquity in your hand, and allow no injustice to dwell in your tents,
The tents of robbers are safe, and those who provoke God are secure— those who carry their god in their hands.
Here I am. Bear witness against me before the LORD and before His anointed: Whose ox or donkey have I taken? Whom have I cheated or oppressed? From whose hand have I accepted a bribe and closed my eyes? Tell me, and I will restore it to you.”
Then he will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the hypocrites, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
The godless in heart harbor resentment; even when He binds them, they do not cry for help.
Then Zophar the Naamathite replied: