Job 15:31 “Let him not deceive himself with trust in emptiness, for emptiness wil…”

Job 15:31

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompence.

World English Bible

Let him not trust in emptiness, deceiving himself, for emptiness will be his reward.

American Standard Version

Let him not trust in vanity, deceiving himself; For vanity shall be his recompense.

Geneva Bible 1599

He beleeueth not that he erreth in vanitie: therefore vanitie shalbe his change.

Darby Translation

Let him not trust in vanity: he is deceived, for vanity shall be his recompense;

Young's Literal Translation

Let him not put credence in vanity, He hath been deceived, For vanity is his recompence.

Bible in Basic English

Let him not put his hope in what is false, falling into error: for he will get deceit as his reward.

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Cross references

“not him”

Galatians 6:3 Job 12:16 Isaiah 44:20 Ephesians 5:6 Galatians 6:7

Galatians 6:3 · BSB

If anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.

Job 12:16 · BSB

True wisdom and power belong to Him. The deceived and the deceiver are His.

Isaiah 44:20 · BSB

He feeds on ashes. His deluded heart has led him astray, and he cannot deliver himself or say, “Is not this thing in my right hand a lie?”

Ephesians 5:6 · BSB

Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience.

Galatians 6:7 · BSB

Do not be deceived: God is not to be mocked. Whatever a man sows, he will reap in return.

“trust”

Isaiah 59:4 Psalm 62:10 Jonah 2:8

Isaiah 59:4 · BSB

No one calls for justice; no one pleads his case honestly. They rely on empty pleas; they tell lies; they conceive mischief and give birth to iniquity.

Psalm 62:10 · BSB

Place no trust in extortion or false hope in stolen goods. If your riches increase, do not set your heart upon them.

Jonah 2:8 · BSB

Those who cling to worthless idols forsake His loving devotion.

“for vanity”

Hosea 8:7 Job 4:8 Proverbs 22:8 Isaiah 17:10 Isaiah 17:11 Galatians 6:8

Hosea 8:7 · BSB

For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind. There is no standing grain; what sprouts fails to yield flour. Even if it should produce, the foreigners would swallow it up.

Job 4:8 · BSB

As I have observed, those who plow iniquity and those who sow trouble reap the same.

Proverbs 22:8 · BSB

He who sows injustice will reap disaster, and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.

Isaiah 17:10 · BSB

For you have forgotten the God of your salvation and failed to remember the Rock of your refuge. Therefore, though you cultivate delightful plots and set out cuttings from exotic vines—

Isaiah 17:11 · BSB

though on the day you plant you make them grow, and on that morning you help your seed sprout— yet the harvest will vanish on the day of disease and incurable pain.

Galatians 6:8 · BSB

The one who sows to please his flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; but the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.

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

In context

30He will not escape from the darkness; the flame will wither his shoots, and the breath of God’s mouth will carry him away.

32It will be paid in full before his time, and his branch will not flourish.

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