Job 15:30 “He will not escape from the darkness; the flame will wither his shoots…”

Job 15:30

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James 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.

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.

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

He shall neuer depart out of darkenesse: the flame shall drie vp his branches, and he shall goe away with the breath of his mouth.

Darby 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.

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!

Bible in Basic English

He does not come out of the dark; his branches are burned by the flame, and the wind takes away his bud.

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Cross references

“depart”

Job 15:22 Job 18:18 Matthew 8:12 Matthew 22:13 2 Peter 2:17 Jude 1:13

Job 15:22 · BSB

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

Job 18:18 · BSB

He is driven from light into darkness and is chased from the inhabited world.

Matthew 8:12 · BSB

But the sons of the kingdom will be thrown into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”

Matthew 22:13 · BSB

Then the king told the servants, ‘Tie him hand and foot, and throw him into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’

2 Peter 2:17 · BSB

These men are springs without water and mists driven by a storm. Blackest darkness is reserved for them.

Jude 1:13 · BSB

They are wild waves of the sea, foaming up their own shame; wandering stars, for whom blackest darkness has been reserved forever.

“the flame”

Job 20:26 Matthew 25:41 Isaiah 30:33 Ezekiel 15:4–7 Mark 9:43–49 Ezekiel 20:47

Job 20:26 · BSB

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

Matthew 25:41 · BSB

Then He will say to those on His left, ‘Depart from Me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.

Isaiah 30:33 · BSB

For Topheth has long been prepared; it has been made ready for the king. Its funeral pyre is deep and wide, with plenty of fire and wood. The breath of the LORD, like a torrent of burning sulfur, sets it ablaze.

Ezekiel 15:4–7 · BSB

No, it is cast into the fire for fuel. The fire devours both ends, and the middle is charred. Can it be useful for anything?

Mark 9:43–49 · BSB

If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than to have two hands and go into hell, into the unquenchable fire.

Ezekiel 20:47 · BSB

Say to the forest of the Negev: Hear the word of the LORD! This is what the Lord GOD says: I am about to ignite in you a fire, and it will devour all your trees, both green and dry. The blazing flame will not be quenched…

“by the breath”

Job 4:9 Isaiah 11:4 Revelation 19:15

Job 4:9 · BSB

By the breath of God they perish, and by the blast of His anger they are consumed.

Isaiah 11:4 · BSB

but with righteousness He will judge the poor, and with equity He will decide for the lowly of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of His mouth and slay the wicked with the breath of His lips.

Revelation 19:15 · BSB

And from His mouth proceeds a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations, and He will rule them with an iron scepter. He treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty.

Also

Job 22:20 Job 5:14

Job 22:20 · BSB

‘Surely our foes are destroyed, and fire has consumed their excess.’

Job 5:14 · BSB

They encounter darkness by day and grope at noon as in the night.

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

In context

29He will no longer be rich; his wealth will not endure. His possessions will not overspread the land.

31Let him not deceive himself with trust in emptiness, for emptiness will be his reward.

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