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Job 15:34
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For the company of the godless will have no children,and fire will consume the tents of those who offer bribes.
For the company of the godless shall be barren, And fire shall consume the tents of bribery.
For the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate, and fire shall consume the tabernacles of bribery.
For the company of the godless is barren, and fire consumes the tents of bribery.
People without God can produce nothing. Fire will destroy the tents of those who take money to do evil,
For the company of the godless is barren, and fire consumes the tents of those who accept bribes.
"For the company of the godless is barren, And fire consumes the tents of bribery (wrong and injustice).
"For the company of the godless is barren, And fire consumes the tents of the corrupt.
For the company of the godless shall be barren, And fire shall consume the tents of bribery.
For the congregation of the hypocrite shalbe desolate, and fire shall deuoure the houses of bribes.
For the company of the godless is barren,And fire consumes the tents of the corrupt.
For the company of the godless will be barren, and fire will consume the tents of bribery.
Yes, the godless and the greedy will have nothing but flames feasting on their homes,
"For the community of the ungodly is sterile; fire consumes the tents of bribery.
For the family of the ungodly shall be barren, and fire shall consume the tents of bribery.
That is because people without God have nothing. Those who take bribes will have their homes destroyed by fire.
For the congregation of the godless shall be desolate, and fire shall consume the tabernacle of the wicked.
for the company of the godless is barren, and fire consumes the tents of those who accept bribes.
For the company of the ungodly shall be bleak; and fire shall devour the tents of bribery;
For the congregacion of Ypocrites is vnfrutefull, & the fyre shal consume the houses of soch, as are gredy to receaue giftes.
For the company of the godless shall be barren, And fire shall consume the tents of bribery.
For the band of the evil-doers gives no fruit, and the tents of those who give wrong decisions for reward are burned with fire.
For the company of the godless shall be desolate, and fire shall consume the tents of bribery.
For the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate, and fire shall consume the tabernacles of briberie.
For the congregation of hypocrites shalbe desolate, and the fire shall consume the houses of such as are greedie to receaue giftes.
For death is the witness of an ungodly man, and fire shall burn the houses of them that receive gifts.
For the company of the godless shall be barren, and fire shall consume the tents of bribery.
For the gaderyng togidere of an ipocrite is bareyn, and fier schal deuoure the tabernaclis of hem, that taken yiftis wilfuli.
For the company of the godless shall be barren, And fire shall consume the tents of bribery.
For the congregation of hypocrites [shall be] desolate, and fire shall consume the tabernacles of bribery.
For the company of hypocrites will be barren, And fire will consume the tents of bribery.
For the godless are barren. Their homes, enriched through bribery, will burn.
Those who visit the sinful bring no fruit. And fire destroys the tents of those who do wrong.
For the company of the godless is barren, and fire consumes the tents of bribery.
For, the family of the impious, is unfruitful, and, a fire, hath devoured the tents of bribery;
For the congregation of the hypocrite is barren, and fire shall devour their tabernacles, who love to take bribes.
For the company of the godless is barren, and fire consumes the tents of bribery.
For the company of the profane [is] gloomy, And fire hath consumed tents of bribery.
"For the company of the godless is barren, And fire consumes the tents of the corrupt.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
the congregation: Job 8:13, Job 20:1, Job 27:8, Job 36:13, Isaiah 33:14, Isaiah 33:15, Matthew 24:51
the tabernacles: Job 11:14, Job 12:6, Job 22:5-9, Job 29:12-17, 1 Samuel 8:3, 1 Samuel 12:3, Micah 7:2, Amos 5:11, Amos 5:12
Reciprocal: Job 16:17 - Not for Job 32:3 - and yet Proverbs 14:11 - house Isaiah 9:17 - for every Acts 24:26 - hoped
Gill's Notes on the Bible
For the congregation of hypocrites [shall be] desolate,.... Hypocrites are such who seem to and would be thought to be, what they are not; they are outwardly righteous before men, but inwardly very wicked; have a form of godliness, but are destitute the power of it, 2 Timothy 3:5; pretend to much religion, and to be worshippers of God, when it is only in outward appearances, and not in reality and sincerity: and such as these have been in the congregations of the righteous, in all ages; but here Eliphaz speaks of a congregation of them, a society, a family of them; and very probably has his eye upon Job's, and would represent hereby that he, the head of his family, and his children, when living, and his servants and associates, were all hypocrites, and now become desolate, reduced to want and poverty, and in distressed circumstances: or were "solitary" i and alone, as the word is rendered in Job 3:7; destitute of friends, and of the comforts of life; and perhaps reference may be had to the future state of such, when they shall aloud be bid to depart from God, have no society with angels and saints, but shall have their portion with those of the same character with them, hypocrites, in the highest degree of torment and misery, Matthew 24:51;
and fire shall consume the tabernacles of bribery; either such tents, or houses, as were built with money taken as bribes; see Habakkuk 2:12; or where such who received bribes dwelt; unjust judges, who took a gift that blinds the eyes, to pervert justice. Job is afterwards by Eliphaz represented as if he was an oppressor, a wicked magistrate, and guilty of such like crimes as here pointed at, Job 22:6; and the "fire" said to consume the dwelling places of such may be understood either of material fire, such as came down from heaven, and destroyed Job's sheep, Job 1:16; or figuratively, the wrath of God often compared to fire, which would appear in one way or another, to the utter ruin of such persons, their habitations, and those that dwelt in them.
i גלמוד "solitarium", Montanus; and to the same sense Vatablus, Beza, Tigurine version, Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Drusius, Cocceius.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
For the congregation of hypocrites - The word rendered “congregation” here (עדה ‛êdâh) means properly an appointed meeting; a meeting convened by appointment or at stated times (from ידה yâdâh), and hence, an assembly of any kind. It is commonly applied to an assembly for public worship; but it may refer to a more private company - a family, or circle of friends, dependents, etc. It refers here, I suppose, to such a community that a man can get around him in his own dwelling - his family, servants, dependents, etc. The word rendered “hypocrites” (חנף chânêph) is in the singular number, and should be so rendered here. It does not mean that a worshipping assembly composed of hypocrites would be desolate - which may be true - but that the community which a man who is a hypocrite can gather around him shall be swept away. His children, his dependents, and his retinue of servants, shall be taken away from him, and he shall be left to solitude. Probably there was an allusion here to Job, who had been stripped in this manner; or at any rate the remark was one, if it were a quotation from the ancient sayings of the Arabians, which Job could not but regard as applied to himself.
And fire shall consume - This has all the appearance of being a proverb. The meaning is, that they who received a bribe would be certainly punished.
The tabernacles of bribery - The tents or dwellings of those who receive bribes, and who therefore are easily corrupted, and have no solid principles. There is probably an allusion here to Job; and no doubt Eliphaz meant to apply this severe remark to him. Job was a Sheik, an Emir, a head of a tribe, and, therefore, a magistrate; see Job 29:7, seq. Yet a part of his possessions and servants had been cut off by fire from heaven Job 1:16; and Eliphaz means probably to imply that it had been because he had been guilty of receiving a bribe. This ancient proverb declared that the dwellings of the man who could be bribed would be consumed by fire; and now he presumes that the fact that Job had been visited by the fire of heaven was full proof that he had been guilty in this manner. It was about on principles such as these that the reasoning of the friends of Job was conducted.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Job 15:34. The congregation of hypocrites —
11. Job is here classed with hypocrites, or rather the impious of all kinds. The congregation, or adath, society, of such, shall be desolate, or a barren rock, גלמוד galmud. See this Arabic word explained in Clarke's note on "Job 3:7".
Fire shall consume the tabernacles of bribery. —
12. Another insinuation against Job, that he had perverted justice and judgment, and had taken bribes.
