Job 15:34
For the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate, and fire shall consume the tabernacles of bribery.
Context
This verse from Job Chapter 15 connects to 10 cross-references. Eliphaz delivers his second speech, accusing Job of undermining piety and hindering prayer with his words. He argues that Job's own mouth condemns him and asks whether Job was the first man born or present at creation. He describes the …
Other Translations
For the company of the godless shall be barren, And fire shall consume the tents of bribery.
For the company of the profane <FI>is<Fi> gloomy, And fire hath consumed tents of bribery.
For the band of the evil-doers gives no fruit, and the tents of those who give wrong decisions for reward are burned with fire.
Cross References
Behold, here I am: witness against me before the Lord, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or …
And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment.
But the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath: they cry not when he bindeth them.
And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.
Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.
For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?
Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
Is not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities infinite?
Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,
The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.