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Job 15:34
New English Translation
Job 15:34
New English Translation
34 For the company of the godless is barren,[a]
and fire[b] consumes the tents of those who accept bribes.[c]
Footnotes
- Job 15:34 tn The LXX renders this line: “for death is the witness of an ungodly man. “Death” represents “barren/sterile,” and “witness” represents “assembly.”
- Job 15:34 sn This may refer to the fire that struck Job (cf. 1:16).
- Job 15:34 tn 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.
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