Job 15:29 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²⁹ they will not be rich, and their wealth will not endure, nor will they strike root in the earth;

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁹ He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, Neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof upon the earth.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁹ He shall not be rich, neither shall his wealth last, neither shall his produce bend to the earth nor his possessions be extended on the earth.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁹ He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, Neither shall their possessions be extended on the earth.

Common English Bible

²⁹ They won’t get rich; their wealth won’t last; their property won’t extend over the earth.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁹ He will not be enriched, nor will his basic necessities endure, nor will he establish his root in the earth.

Job 15:29 Cross References

James 1:11

For the sun rises with its scorching heat and withers the field; its flower falls, and its beauty perishes. It is the same way with the rich; in the midst of a busy life, they will wither away.

Luke 16:2

So he summoned him and said to him, ‘What is this that I hear about you? Give me an accounting of your management because you cannot be my manager any longer.’

Job 20:21

There was nothing left after they had eaten; therefore their prosperity will not endure.

Job 18:6

The light is dark in their tent, and the lamp above them is put out.