As often as you work the ground, it will not yield its crops to you again. You will be a restless wanderer on the earth.”
Job 15:23 - Tree of Life Version He wanders about for bread— ‘Where is it?’ He knows that the day of darkness is at hand. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 He wandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? He knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition He wanders abroad for food, saying, Where is it? He knows that the day of darkness and destruction is already close upon him. American Standard Version (1901) He wandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? He knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand. Common English Bible They wander about for bread. “Where is it?” They know that their day of darkness is fixed. Catholic Public Domain Version When he moves himself to seek bread, he knows that the day of darkness has been prepared for his hand. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version When he moveth himself to seek bread, he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand. |
As often as you work the ground, it will not yield its crops to you again. You will be a restless wanderer on the earth.”
He does not expect to escape from darkness; he is destined for the sword.
Distress and anguish terrify him; they overpower him like a king poised to attack,
He will not escape from the darkness; a flame will wither his shoots, and he will depart by the breath of His mouth.
He is driven from light into darkness and is banished from the world.
They return at evening, snarling like a dog, prowling about the city.
They wander around for food. If they are not full, they stay up all night.
Adonai will not let a righteous soul go hungry, but thwarts the cravings of the wicked.
Adonai works everything out for his own purpose— even the wicked for a day of disaster.
For if a man lives many years, let him rejoice in them all. But let him remember the days of darkness— for there will be many. Everything to come is obscure.
We have held out our hand to Egypt and Assyria to be satisfied with bread.
We get our bread at the peril of our lives because of the sword in the desert.
A day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness, as blackness spreads over the mountains. A great and mighty people— from antiquity there was never anything like it, nor after it ever again from generation to generation.
Will not the Day of Adonai be darkness, not light? Gloom, not brightness?
That day is a day of wrath a day of trouble and distress, a day of devastating storm and desolation, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and thick darkness,
but only a terrifying expectation of judgment and a fury of fire about to devour the enemies of God.