The Meaning of Job 15:31 Explained

Job 15:31

KJV: Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompence.

YLT: Let him not put credence in vanity, He hath been deceived, For vanity is his recompence.

Darby: Let him not trust in vanity: he is deceived, for vanity shall be his recompense;

ASV: Let him not trust in vanity, deceiving himself; For vanity shall be his recompense.

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Job 15:31?

MEANING: What does Job 15:31 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Job 15:31 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Job 15:31?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Let not him that is deceived  trust  in vanity:  for vanity  shall be his recompence. 

What does Job 15:31 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 15:31 mean?

Not let him trust - in futile [things] deceiving himself for and futility will be his reward
אַל־ יַאֲמֵ֣ן [בשו] (בַּשָּׁ֣יו) נִתְעָ֑ה כִּי־ שָׁ֝֗וְא תִּהְיֶ֥ה תְמוּרָתֽוֹ

יַאֲמֵ֣ן  let  him  trust 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperfect Jussive, third person masculine singular
Root: אָמַן 
Sense: to support, confirm, be faithful.
[בשו]  - 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, masculine singular
(בַּשָּׁ֣יו)  in  futile  [things] 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: שָׁוְא  
Sense: emptiness, vanity, falsehood.
נִתְעָ֑ה  deceiving  himself 
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: תָּעָה  
Sense: to err, wander, go astray, stagger.
שָׁ֝֗וְא  and  futility 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: שָׁוְא  
Sense: emptiness, vanity, falsehood.
תִּהְיֶ֥ה  will  be 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person feminine singular
Root: אֶהְיֶה 
Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
תְמוּרָתֽוֹ  his  reward 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: תְּמוּרָה  
Sense: that which is exchanged, exchange, substitute, recompense.

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