The Meaning of Job 15:23 Explained

Job 15:23

KJV: He wandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.

YLT: He is wandering for bread -- 'Where is it?' He hath known that ready at his hand Is a day of darkness.

Darby: He wandereth abroad for bread, where may it be? He knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.

ASV: He wandereth abroad for bread,'saying , Where is it? He knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.

Discover Job 15:23

CONTEXT: What is the Context of Job 15:23?

MEANING: What does Job 15:23 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Job 15:23 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Job 15:23?

What is the context of Job 15:23?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

He wandereth abroad for bread, [saying], Where [is it]? he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.

What does Job 15:23 Mean?

Context Summary

Job 15:1-35 - "the Heavens Are Not Clean"

The second colloquy, like the first, is commenced by Eliphaz. He begins by rebuking Job, Job 15:1-16. He complains that the words of Job proved him to be unwise, Job 15:2-3, and even impious, Job 15:4. His very speech testified to his iniquity, Job 15:5-6. With something of irony Eliphaz asks upon what Job's claim to superior wisdom rests. Was he the first man? Job 15:7. Or had he access to the secret counsel of God? Job 15:8. In refusing the counsel of his friends, Job 15:9-10, and the consolations of God they had offered, Job 15:11, r.v., had he not proved his want of wisdom? He had even proved his folly and his impiety, by attempting to assert his innocence before God, Job 15:12-14, in whose presence even the heavens were unclean, Job 15:15-16. It is clear that Eliphaz and his friends did not believe the sincerity of Job's protestations of innocence.

Eliphaz then attempts to instruct Job, Job 15:17-35. His theme is almost the same as that of his former speech. It is the righteousness of God as specially manifested in the punishment of the wicked. He claims that his doctrine is that of the wise men, Job 15:17-19; then proceeds to describe the wicked man as troubled in conscience and full of fear, Job 15:20-24; attributes this to his bold impiety, Job 15:25-28; and predicts his fearful doom, Job 15:29-35. The application of such teaching to Job must have been very painful. He insinuated that Job's terrible afflictions were God's testimony against his sin. We know better from John 11:4-5. [source]

Chapter Summary: Job 15

¹ Eliphaz reproves Job for impiety in justifying himself
¹⁷ He proves by tradition the restlessness of wicked men

What do the individual words in Job 15:23 mean?

Wanders about He for bread [saying] where [is it] He knows that is ready at his hand a day of darkness

נֹ֘דֵ֤ד ה֣וּא לַלֶּ֣חֶם אַיֵּ֑ה יָדַ֓ע ׀ כִּֽי־ נָכ֖וֹן בְּיָד֣וֹ יֽוֹם־ חֹֽשֶׁךְ

נֹ֘דֵ֤ד	Wanders about
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine singular Root: נָדַד Sense: to retreat, flee, depart, move, wander abroad, stray, flutter.
לַלֶּ֣חֶם	for bread
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Noun, masculine singular Root: לֶחֶם Sense: bread, food, grain.
אַיֵּ֑ה	[saying] where [is it]
Parse: Interrogative Root: אַיָּה Sense: hawk, falcon, kite.
יָדַ֓ע ׀	He knows
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular Root: דָּעָה Sense: to know.
כִּֽי־	that
Parse: Conjunction Root: כִּי Sense: that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since.
נָכ֖וֹן	is ready
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Participle, masculine singular Root: כּוּן Sense: to be firm, be stable, be established.
בְּיָד֣וֹ	at his hand
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, feminine singular construct, third person masculine singular Root: יָד Sense: hand.
יֽוֹם־	a day
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct Root: יׄום Sense: day, time, year.
חֹֽשֶׁךְ	of darkness
Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: חֹשֶׁךְ Sense: darkness, obscurity.

What are the major concepts related to Job 15:23?

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