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Job 15:34

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15:34For the company of the godless is barren,71

and fire72 consumes the tents of those who accept bribes.73

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Footnotes

  1. 71 The renders this line: “for death is the witness of an ungodly man. “Death” represents “barren/sterile,” and “witness” represents “assembly.”
  2. 72 This may refer to the fire that struck Job (cf. 1:16).
  3. 73 Heb “the tents of bribery.” The word “bribery” can mean a “gift,” but most often in the sense of a bribe in court. It indicates that the wealth and the possessions that the wicked man has gained may have been gained unjustly.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

For the company of the godless is barren,

and fire consumes the tents of bribery.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

For the company of the godless will be barren,

and fire will consume the tents of those who love bribes.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

For the company of the godless will have no children,

and fire will consume the tents of those who offer bribes.

NLTNew Living Translation

For the godless are barren.

Their homes, enriched through bribery, will burn.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

for the company of the godless is barren,

and fire consumes the tents of those who accept bribes.

KJV 1900King James Version

For the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate,

And fire shall consume the tabernacles of bribery.