Job 15:30
New International Version
He will not escape the darkness; a flame will wither his shoots, and the breath of God’s mouth will carry him away.

New Living Translation
“They will not escape the darkness. The burning sun will wither their shoots, and the breath of God will destroy them.

English Standard Version
he will not depart from darkness; the flame will dry up his shoots, and by the breath of his mouth he will depart.

Berean Standard Bible
He will not escape from the darkness; the flame will wither his shoots, and the breath of God’s mouth will carry him away.

King James Bible
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.

New King James Version
He will not depart from darkness; The flame will dry out his branches, And by the breath of His mouth he will go away.

New American Standard Bible
“He will not escape from darkness; The flame will dry up his shoot, And he will go away by the breath of His mouth.

NASB 1995
“He will not escape from darkness; The flame will wither his shoots, And by the breath of His mouth he will go away.

NASB 1977
“He will not escape from darkness; The flame will wither his shoots, And by the breath of His mouth he will go away.

Legacy Standard Bible
He will not be able to depart from darkness; The flame will wither his shoots, And by the breath of His mouth he will depart.

Amplified Bible
“He will not escape from darkness [fleeing disaster]; The flame [of God’s wrath] will wither his branch, And by the blast of His mouth he will go away.

Christian Standard Bible
He will not escape from the darkness; flames will wither his shoots, and by the breath of God’s mouth, he will depart.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He will not escape from the darkness; flames will wither his shoots, and by the breath of God’s mouth, he will depart.

American Standard Version
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.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And they shall not depart from darkness and the flames will dry up his branches; he will be made insane by the spirit of his mouth

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Neither shall he in any wise escape the darkness: let the wind blast his blossom, and let his flower fall off.

Contemporary English Version
They won't escape the darkness, and the blazing breath of God will set their future aflame. *

Douay-Rheims Bible
He shall not depart out of darkness: the flame shall dry up his branches, and he shall be taken away by the breath of his own month.

English Revised Version
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.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
"He won't escape the darkness. A flame will shrivel his branches. He will be blown away by his own breath.

Good News Translation
and they will not escape from darkness. They will be like trees whose branches are burned by fire, whose blossoms are blown away by the wind.

International Standard Version
He won't escape darkness; a flame will wither his shoots; and he'll depart by the breath of God's mouth.

JPS Tanakh 1917
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.

Literal Standard Version
He does not turn aside from darkness, | A flame dries up his tender branch, | And he turns aside at the breath of His mouth!

Majority Standard Bible
He will not escape from the darkness; the flame will wither his shoots, and the breath of God’s mouth will carry him away.

New American Bible
A flame shall sear his early growth, and with the wind his blossoms shall disappear.

NET Bible
He will not escape the darkness; a flame will wither his shoots and he will depart by the breath of God's mouth.

New Revised Standard Version
they will not escape from darkness; the flame will dry up their shoots, and their blossom will be swept away by the wind.

New Heart 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.

Webster's Bible Translation
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 will not depart out of darkness. The flame will dry up his branches. He will go away by the breath of God’s mouth.

Young's Literal Translation
He turneth not aside from darkness, His tender branch doth a flame dry up, And he turneth aside at the breath of His mouth!

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Context
Eliphaz: Job Does Not Fear God
29He will no longer be rich; his wealth will not endure. His possessions will not overspread the land. 30He will not escape from the darkness; the flame will wither his shoots, and the breath of God’s mouth will carry him away. 31Let him not deceive himself with trust in emptiness, for emptiness will be his reward.…

Cross References
Job 4:9
By the breath of God they perish, and by the blast of His anger they are consumed.

Job 5:14
They encounter darkness by day and grope at noon as in the night.

Job 15:22
He despairs of his return from darkness; he is marked for the sword.

Job 15:23
He wanders about as food for vultures; he knows the day of darkness is at hand.

Job 15:34
For the company of the godless will be barren, and fire will consume the tents of bribery.

Job 18:16
The roots beneath him dry up, and the branches above him wither away.

Job 20:26
Total darkness is reserved for his treasures. A fire unfanned will consume him and devour what is left in his tent.


Treasury of Scripture

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.

depart

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

Job 10:21,22
Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death; …

Job 18:5,6,18
Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine…

the flame

Job 20:26
All darkness shall be hid in his secret places: a fire not blown shall consume him; it shall go ill with him that is left in his tabernacle.

Isaiah 30:33
For Tophet is ordained of old; yea, for the king it is prepared; he hath made it deep and large: the pile thereof is fire and much wood; the breath of the LORD, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it.

Ezekiel 15:4-7
Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire devoureth both the ends of it, and the midst of it is burned. Is it meet for any work? …

by the breath

Job 4:9
By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils are they consumed.

Isaiah 11:4
But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.

Revelation 19:15
And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.

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Job 15
1. Eliphaz reproves Job for impiety in justifying himself
17. He proves by tradition the restlessness of wicked men














(30) He shall not depart out of darkness.--See Job 15:22. "By the breath of his mouth shall he go away." What this means is not very clear: probably as in Job 11:20; or, "When he expires it shall be the end of him; he shall leave nothing permanent that is destined to last;" or, "He shall pass away suddenly and completely, like his own breath."

Verse 30. - He shall not depart out of darkness (comp. ver. 23, where the wicked man is threatened with "a day of darkness"). When the darkness once falls, it shall continue; there shall be no escaping out of it The flame shall dry up his branches; rather, a flame. The "flame" intended seems to be the wrath of God. ' And by the breath of his mouth; i.e. "of God's mouth" (comp. Job 4:9). Shall he go away; or, pass away; i.e. disappear, be consumed, perish.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
He will not
לֹֽא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

escape
יָס֨וּר ׀ (yā·sūr)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5493: To turn aside

from
מִנִּי־ (min·nî-)
Preposition
Strong's 4480: A part of, from, out of

the darkness;
חֹ֗שֶׁךְ (ḥō·šeḵ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2822: The dark, darkness, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness

the flame
שַׁלְהָ֑בֶת (šal·hā·ḇeṯ)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 7957: A flare of fire

will wither
תְּיַבֵּ֣שׁ (tə·yab·bêš)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 3001: To be ashamed, confused, disappointed, to dry up, wither

his shoots,
יֹֽ֭נַקְתּוֹ (yō·naq·tōw)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 3127: A young shoot, twig

and the breath
בְּר֣וּחַ (bə·rū·aḥ)
Preposition-b | Noun - common singular construct
Strong's 7307: Wind, breath, exhalation, life, anger, unsubstantiality, a region of the sky, spirit

of God’s mouth
פִּֽיו׃ (pîw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 6310: The mouth, edge, portion, side, according to

will carry him away.
וְ֝יָס֗וּר (wə·yā·sūr)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5493: To turn aside


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