29 He will no longer be rich and his wealth will not endure, nor will his possessions spread over the land.

Other Translations of Job 15:29

King James Version

29 He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof upon the earth.

English Standard Version

29 he will not be rich, and his wealth will not endure, nor will his possessions spread over the earth;Or nor will his produce bend down to the earth

The Message

29 They'll never get ahead, never amount to a hill of beans.

New King James Version

29 He will not be rich, Nor will his wealth continue, Nor will his possessions overspread the earth.

New Living Translation

29 Their riches will not last, and their wealth will not endure. Their possessions will no longer spread across the horizon.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Job 15:29

Commentary on Job 15:17-35

(Read Job 15:17-35)

Eliphaz maintains that the wicked are certainly miserable: whence he would infer, that the miserable are certainly wicked, and therefore Job was so. But because many of God's people have prospered in this world, it does not therefore follow that those who are crossed and made poor, as Job, are not God's people. Eliphaz shows also that wicked people, particularly oppressors, are subject to continual terror, live very uncomfortably, and perish very miserably. Will the prosperity of presumptuous sinners end miserably as here described? Then let the mischiefs which befal others, be our warnings. Though no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous, nevertheless, afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruits of righteousness to them that are exercised thereby. No calamity, no trouble, however heavy, however severe, can rob a follower of the Lord of his favour. What shall separate him from the love of Christ?