Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
He does not believe that he shall return out of darkness. And he is awaited by the sword.
New American Standard Bible
And he is destined for
King James Version
He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword.
Holman Bible
he is destined for the sword.
International Standard Version
He does not believe he will escape darkness; he is destined for the sword.
American Standard Version
He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, And he is waited for of the sword.
Amplified
“He does not believe that he will return out of the darkness [for fear of being murdered],
And he is destined for the sword [of God’s vengeance].
Bible in Basic English
He has no hope of coming safe out of the dark, and his fate will be the sword;
Darby Translation
He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is singled out for the sword.
Julia Smith Translation
He will not believe to turn back from darkness, and he was waited for by the sword.
King James 2000
He believes not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for by the sword.
Lexham Expanded Bible
{He cannot trust that he will return} from darkness, and he himself is destined for [the] sword.
Modern King James verseion
He does not believe in a return from darkness, but he is awaited by the sword.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
He believeth never to be delivered out of darkness; the sword is always before his eyes.
NET Bible
He does not expect to escape from darkness; he is marked for the sword;
New Heart English Bible
He doesn't believe that he shall return out of darkness. He is waited for by the sword.
The Emphasized Bible
He hath no confidence to come back out of darkness, he, being destined to the power oft the sword;
Webster
He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for by the sword.
World English Bible
He doesn't believe that he shall return out of darkness. He is waited for by the sword.
Youngs Literal Translation
He believeth not to return from darkness, And watched is he for the sword.
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 15:22
Verse Info
Context Readings
Eliphaz's Second Response To Job
21 A sound of terrors is in his ears. In prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him. 22 He does not believe that he shall return out of darkness. And he is awaited by the sword. 23 He wanders abroad for bread, [saying], Where is it? He knows that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
Cross References
2 Kings 6:33
And while he was yet talking with them, behold, the messenger came down to him, and he said, Behold, this evil is of LORD. Why should I wait for LORD any longer?
Job 6:11
What is my strength that I should wait? And what is my end that I should be patient?
Job 9:16
If I had called, and he had answered me, yet I would not believe that he hearkened to my voice.
Job 19:29
be ye afraid of the sword. For wrath [brings] the punishments of the sword, that ye may know there is a judgment.
Job 20:24-25
He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of brass shall strike him through.
Job 27:14
If his sons be multiplied, it is for the sword. And his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.
Isaiah 8:21-22
And they shall pass through it, greatly distressed and hungry. And it shall come to pass that, when they shall be hungry, they shall fret themselves, and curse by their king and by their God, and turn their faces upward.
Matthew 27:5
And having cast down the silver pieces in the temple, he departed, and after going away, he hanged himself.