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

Job 15:22

He despairs of his return from darkness; he is marked for the sword.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

He doesn’t believe that he will return out of darkness. He is waited for by the sword.

American Standard Version

He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, And he is waited for of the sword.

Geneva Bible 1599

He beleeueth not to returne out of darknesse: for he seeth the sworde before him.

Darby Translation

He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is singled out for the sword.

Young's Literal Translation

He believeth not to return from darkness, And watched [is] he for the sword.

Bible in Basic English

He has no hope of coming safe out of the dark, and his fate will be the sword;

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Cross references

“He believeth not”

Job 6:11 Job 9:16 2 Kings 6:33 Matthew 27:5 Isaiah 8:21 Isaiah 8:22

Job 6:11 · BSB

What strength do I have, that I should still hope? What is my future, that I should be patient?

Job 9:16 · BSB

If I summoned Him and He answered me, I do not believe He would listen to my voice.

2 Kings 6:33 · BSB

While Elisha was still speaking with them, the messenger came down to him. And the king said, “This calamity is from the LORD. Why should I wait for the LORD any longer?”

Matthew 27:5 · BSB

So Judas threw the silver into the temple and left. Then he went away and hanged himself.

Isaiah 8:21 · BSB

They will roam the land, dejected and hungry. When they are famished, they will become enraged; and looking upward, they will curse their king and their God.

Isaiah 8:22 · BSB

Then they will look to the earth and see only distress and darkness and the gloom of anguish. And they will be driven into utter darkness.

“and he is”

Job 20:24 Job 20:25

Job 20:24 · BSB

Though he flees from an iron weapon, a bronze-tipped arrow will pierce him.

Job 20:25 · BSB

It is drawn out of his back, the gleaming point from his liver. Terrors come over him.

Also

Job 19:29 Job 27:14

Job 19:29 · BSB

then you should fear the sword yourselves, because wrath brings punishment by the sword, so that you may know there is a judgment.”

Job 27:14 · BSB

Though his sons are many, they are destined for the sword; and his offspring will never have enough food.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

21Sounds of terror fill his ears; in his prosperity the destroyer attacks him.

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

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