For the company of the godless will be barren, and fire will consume the tents of bribery.
Parallel translations
- WEB For the company of the godless shall be barren, and fire shall consume the tents of bribery.
- KJV For the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate, and fire shall consume the tabernacles of bribery.
- NKJV For the company of hypocrites will be barren, And fire will consume the tents of bribery.
- NASB “For the company of the godless is barren, And fire consumes the tents of the corrupt.
- NLT For the godless are barren. Their homes, enriched through bribery, will burn.
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Quick answer
The company of the godless is barren, and fire consumes the tents of those who take bribes. Corruption brings desolation and judgment.
Overview
Eliphaz pronounces that the assembly of the impious yields no offspring and that bribery's dwellings are burned. He links injustice, especially bribery, with sterility and fiery judgment. This reflects God's hatred of corruption (Exodus 23:8), though as a verdict on Job's circle it is unfounded, for Job had been a defender of justice (Job 29:12-17).
Cross-references & the web
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- Job 8:13Such is the destiny of all who forget God; so the hope of the godless will perish.
- Job 27:8For what is the hope of the godless when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?
- Job 8:22Your enemies will be clothed in shame, and the tent of the wicked will be no more.”
- Mic 7:2The godly man has perished from the earth; there is no one upright among men. They all lie in wait for blood; they hunt one another with a net.
- Job 12:6The tents of robbers are safe, and those who provoke God are secure—those who carry their god in their hands.
- Job 11:14if you put away the iniquity in your hand, and allow no injustice to dwell in your tents,
- Job 36:13The godless in heart harbor resentment; even when He binds them, they do not cry for help.
- Job 29:12–17because I rescued the poor who cried out and the fatherless who had no helper.
- Job 22:5–9Is not your wickedness great? Are not your iniquities endless?
- Amos 5:11–12Therefore, because you trample on the poor and exact from him a tax of grain, you will never live in the stone houses you have built; you will never drink the wine from the lush vineyards you have planted.
- 1 Sam 12:3Here I am. Bear witness against me before the LORD and before His anointed: Whose ox or donkey have I taken? Whom have I cheated or oppressed? From whose hand have I accepted a bribe and closed my eyes? Tell me, and I will restore it to you.”
- Matt 24:51Then he will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the hypocrites, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
- 1 Sam 8:3But his sons did not walk in his ways; they turned aside toward dishonest gain, accepting bribes and perverting justice.
- Isa 33:14–15The sinners in Zion are afraid; trembling grips the ungodly: “Who of us can dwell with a consuming fire? Who of us can dwell with everlasting flames?”
- Job 20:1Then Zophar the Naamathite replied:
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