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Job 15:29

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15:29He will not grow rich,

and his wealth will not endure,

nor will his possessions61 spread over the land.

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Footnotes

  1. 61 This word מִנְלָם (minlam) also is a , although almost always interpreted to mean “possession” (with Arabic manal) and repointed as מְנֹלָם (ménolam). M. Dahood further changes “earth” to the netherworld, and interprets it to mean “his possessions will not go down to the netherworld (“Value of Ugaritic for Textual Criticism,” 40 [1959]: 164–66). Others suggest it means “ear of grain,” either from the common word for “ears of grain” or a in Deuteronomy 23:26 [25].

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

he will not be rich, and his wealth will not endure,

nor will his possessions spread over the earth;

NIVNew International Version (2011)

He will no longer be rich and his wealth will not endure,

nor will his possessions spread over the land.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

He will no longer be rich; his wealth will not endure.

His possessions will not increase in the land.

NLTNew Living Translation

Their riches will not last,

and their wealth will not endure.

Their possessions will no longer spread across the horizon.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

He will not become rich, and his wealth will not endure,

and their possessions will not stretch across the earth.

KJV 1900King James Version

He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue,

Neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof upon the earth.