Job 15:32
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“It will be paid in full before his time, and his branch will not flourish.”
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BSBPD
“It will be paid in full before his time, and his branch will not flourish.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be green.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“It shall be accomplished before his time, And his branch shall not be green.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“Not in his day is it completed, And his bending branch is not green.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Job 15:32 — 13 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 8:16He is a well-watered plant in the sunshine, spreading its shoots over the garden.
- Job 14:7For there is hope for a tree: If it is cut down, it will sprout again, and its tender shoots will not fail.
- Job 18:16The roots beneath him dry up, and the branches above him wither away.
- Job 22:16They were snatched away before their time, and their foundations were swept away by a flood.
- Psalms 52:5Surely God will bring you down to everlasting ruin; He will snatch you up and tear you away from your tent; He will uproot you from the land of the living. Selah
- Psalms 55:23But You, O God, will bring them down to the Pit of destruction; men of bloodshed and deceit will not live out half their days. But I will trust in You.
- Proverbs 10:27The fear of the LORD prolongs life, but the years of the wicked will be cut short.
- Ecclesiastes 7:17Do not be excessively wicked, and do not be a fool. Why should you die before your time?
- Isaiah 27:11When its limbs are dry, they are broken off. Women come and use them for kindling; for this is a people without understanding. Therefore their Maker has no compassion on them, and their Creator shows them no favor.
- Ezekiel 17:8It had been planted in good soil by abundant waters in order to yield branches and bear fruit and become a splendid vine.’
- Hosea 9:16Ephraim is struck down; their root is withered; they cannot bear fruit. Even if they bear children, I will slay the darlings of their wombs.
- Hosea 14:5I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like the lily and take root like the cedars of Lebanon.
- John 15:6If anyone does not remain in Me, he is like a branch that is thrown away and withers. Such branches are gathered up, thrown into the fire, and burned.
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