Job 15:32 “It will be paid in full before his time, and his branch will not flour…”

Job 15:32

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be green.

World English Bible

It will be accomplished before his time. His branch will not be green.

American Standard Version

It shall be accomplished before his time, And his branch shall not be green.

Geneva Bible 1599

His branch shall not be greene, but shall be cut off before his day.

Darby Translation

It shall be complete before his day, and his branch shall not be green.

Young's Literal Translation

Not in his day is it completed, And his bending branch is not green.

Bible in Basic English

His branch is cut off before its time, and his leaf is no longer green.

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Cross references

“accomplished”

Ecclesiastes 7:17 Psalm 55:23 Job 22:16

Ecclesiastes 7:17 · BSB

Do not be excessively wicked, and do not be a fool. Why should you die before your time?

Psalm 55:23 · BSB

But You, O God, will bring them down to the Pit of destruction; men of bloodshed and deceit will not live out half their days. But I will trust in You.

Job 22:16 · BSB

They were snatched away before their time, and their foundations were swept away by a flood.

“and his branch”

Hosea 9:16 Job 8:16–19 Job 14:7–9 Psalm 52:5–8 Isaiah 27:11 Ezekiel 17:8–10

Hosea 9:16 · BSB

Ephraim is struck down; their root is withered; they cannot bear fruit. Even if they bear children, I will slay the darlings of their wombs.

Job 8:16–19 · BSB

He is a well-watered plant in the sunshine, spreading its shoots over the garden.

Job 14:7–9 · BSB

For there is hope for a tree: If it is cut down, it will sprout again, and its tender shoots will not fail.

Psalm 52:5–8 · BSB

Surely God will bring you down to everlasting ruin; He will snatch you up and tear you away from your tent; He will uproot you from the land of the living. Selah

Isaiah 27:11 · BSB

When its limbs are dry, they are broken off. Women come and use them for kindling; for this is a people without understanding. Therefore their Maker has no compassion on them, and their Creator shows them no favor.

Ezekiel 17:8–10 · BSB

It had been planted in good soil by abundant waters in order to yield branches and bear fruit and become a splendid vine.’

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

In context

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

33He will be like a vine stripped of its unripe grapes, like an olive tree that sheds its blossoms.

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