Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version He wanders about for food like a vulture; he knows the day of darkness is at hand. New Living Translation They wander around, saying, ‘Where can I find bread?’ They know their day of destruction is near. English Standard Version He wanders abroad for bread, saying, ‘Where is it?’ He knows that a day of darkness is ready at his hand; Berean Standard Bible He wanders about as food for vultures; he knows the day of darkness is at hand. King James Bible He wandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand. New King James Version He wanders about for bread, saying, ‘Where is it?’ He knows that a day of darkness is ready at his hand. New American Standard Bible “He wanders about for food, saying, ‘Where is it?’ He knows that a day of darkness is at hand. NASB 1995 “He wanders about for food, saying, ‘Where is it?’ He knows that a day of darkness is at hand. NASB 1977 “He wanders about for food, saying, ‘Where is it?’ He knows that a day of darkness is at hand. Legacy Standard Bible He wanders about for food, saying, ‘Where is it?’ He knows that a day of darkness is ready at his hand. Amplified Bible “He wanders about for food, saying, ‘Where is it?’ He knows that the day of darkness and destruction is already at hand. Christian Standard Bible He wanders about for food, asking, “Where is it? ” He knows the day of darkness is at hand. Holman Christian Standard Bible He wanders about for food, saying, “Where is it?” He knows the day of darkness is at hand. American Standard Version He wandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? He knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand. Aramaic Bible in Plain English He flees for the threat of judgment and wherever he is, he knows that the day of darkness is prepared at his hand Brenton Septuagint Translation And he has been appointed to be food for vultures; and he knows within himself that he is doomed to be a carcass: and a dark day shall carry him away as with a whirlwind. Contemporary English Version They scrounge around for food, all the while dreading the approaching darkness. Douay-Rheims Bible When he moveth himself to seek bread, he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand. English Revised Version He wandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand: GOD'S WORD® Translation He wanders around for food and asks, 'Where is it?' He knows that his ruin is close at hand. Good News Translation and vultures are waiting to eat their corpses. They know their future is dark; International Standard Version He wanders around for food—where is it? He knows that a time of darkness is near. JPS Tanakh 1917 He wandereth abroad for bread: 'Where is it?' He knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand. Literal Standard Version He is wandering for bread: Where [is] it? He has known that ready at his hand | Is a day of darkness. Majority Standard Bible He wanders about as food for vultures; he knows the day of darkness is at hand. New American Bible A wanderer, food for vultures, he knows destruction is imminent. NET Bible he wanders about--food for vultures; he knows that the day of darkness is at hand. New Revised Standard Version They wander abroad for bread, saying, ‘Where is it?’ They know that a day of darkness is ready at hand; New Heart English Bible He wanders abroad for bread, saying, 'Where is it?' He knows that the day of darkness is ready at his hand. Webster's Bible Translation He wandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand. World English Bible He wanders abroad for bread, saying, ‘Where is it?’ He knows that the day of darkness is ready at his hand. Young's Literal Translation He is wandering for bread -- 'Where is it?' He hath known that ready at his hand Is a day of darkness. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Eliphaz: Job Does Not Fear God…22He despairs of his return from darkness; he is marked for the sword. 23He wanders about as food for vultures; he knows the day of darkness is at hand. 24Distress and anguish terrify him, overwhelming him like a king poised to attack.… Cross References Job 15:22 He despairs of his return from darkness; he is marked for the sword. Job 15:24 Distress and anguish terrify him, overwhelming him like a king poised to attack. Job 15:30 He will not escape from the darkness; the flame will wither his shoots, and the breath of God's mouth will carry him away. Psalm 59:15 They scavenge for food, and growl if they are not satisfied. Treasury of Scripture He wanders abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? he knows that the day of darkness is ready at his hand. wandereth Job 30:3,4 For want and famine they were solitary; fleeing into the wilderness in former time desolate and waste… Genesis 4:12 When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth. Psalm 59:15 Let them wander up and down for meat, and grudge if they be not satisfied. the day Job 18:5,6,12,18 Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine… Ecclesiastes 11:8 But if a man live many years, and rejoice in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many. All that cometh is vanity. Joel 2:2 A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, even to the years of many generations. Jump to Previous Abroad Bread Darkness Food Hand Ready Search Trouble Vultures Wandereth Wandering Wanders WhereJump to Next Abroad Bread Darkness Food Hand Ready Search Trouble Vultures Wandereth Wandering Wanders WhereJob 15 1. Eliphaz reproves Job for impiety in justifying himself17. He proves by tradition the restlessness of wicked men (23) He wandereth abroad for bread.--This is one of the points in which the picture seems inconsistent, because overdrawn, except that forage as well as plunder may be the object of marauding raids.Verse 23. - He wandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? This, again, might appropriately have been said of Cain, who was "a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth" (Genesis 4:14), and may at times have had difficulty in procuring his daily bread. At any rate, it is the frequent experience of the wicked who lose their ill-gotten gains, and are brought down to abject poverty, and actual want of the necessaries of life. "He wanders abroad to be the food of vultures" is a translation of the passage suggested by some moderns (as Merx), and has the support of the Septuagint, κατατέτακται εῖς σῖτα ψυψίν. But it requires a slight change in the pointing. He knoweth that the day of darkness is nigh at hand. "The day of darkness" is probably the day of his decease: this he "knows," or at any rate, surmises, to be near. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Heה֣וּא (hū) Pronoun - third person masculine singular Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are wanders about נֹ֘דֵ֤ד (nō·ḏêḏ) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 5074: To wave to and fro, to rove, flee, to drive away as food לַלֶּ֣חֶם (lal·le·ḥem) Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3899: Food, bread, grain for vultures; אַיֵּ֑ה (’ay·yêh) Interrogative Strong's 344: The screamer, a hawk he knows יָדַ֓ע ׀ (yā·ḏa‘) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 3045: To know the day יֽוֹם־ (yō·wm-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3117: A day of darkness חֹֽשֶׁךְ׃ (ḥō·šeḵ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2822: The dark, darkness, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness is at hand. בְּיָד֣וֹ (bə·yā·ḏōw) Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 3027: A hand Links Job 15:23 NIVJob 15:23 NLT Job 15:23 ESV Job 15:23 NASB Job 15:23 KJV Job 15:23 BibleApps.com Job 15:23 Biblia Paralela Job 15:23 Chinese Bible Job 15:23 French Bible Job 15:23 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Job 15:23 He wanders abroad for bread saying 'Where (Jb) |