For the company of hypocrites 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.
- BSB For the company of the godless 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
Cross-references · 15
- Job 8:13So are the paths of all who forget God. The hope of the godless man shall perish,
- Job 27:8For what is the hope of the godless, when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?
- Job 8:22Those who hate you shall be clothed with shame. The tent of the wicked shall be no more.”
- Mic 7:2The godly man has perished out of the earth, and there is no one upright among men. They all lie in wait for blood; every man hunts his brother with a net.
- Job 12:6The tents of robbers prosper. Those who provoke God are secure, who carry their God in their hands.
- Job 11:14If iniquity is in your hand, put it far away. Don’t let unrighteousness dwell in your tents.
- Job 36:13“But those who are godless in heart lay up anger. They don’t cry for help when he binds them.
- Job 29:12–17Because I delivered the poor who cried, and the fatherless also, who had no one to help him,
- Job 22:5–9Isn’t your wickedness great? Neither is there any end to your iniquities.
- Amos 5:11–12Therefore, because you trample on the poor, and take taxes from him of wheat: You have built houses of cut stone, but you will not dwell in them. You have planted pleasant vineyards, but you shall not drink their wine.
- 1 Sam 12:3Here I am. Witness against me before Yahweh, and before his anointed. Whose ox have I taken? Whose donkey have I taken? Whom have I defrauded? Whom have I oppressed? Of whose hand have I taken a ransom to make me blind my eyes? I will restore it to you.”
- Matt 24:51and will cut him in pieces, and appoint his portion with the hypocrites. There is where the weeping and grinding of teeth will be.
- 1 Sam 8:3His sons didn’t walk in his ways, but turned aside after dishonest gain, took bribes, and perverted justice.
- Isa 33:14–15The sinners in Zion are afraid. Trembling has seized the godless ones. Who among us can live with the devouring fire? Who among us can live with everlasting burning?
- Job 20:1Then Zophar the Naamathite answered,
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