Job 15:29
Good News Translation
They will not remain rich for long; nothing they own will last. Even their shadows will vanish,

New Revised Standard Version
they will not be rich, and their wealth will not endure, nor will they strike root in the earth;

Contemporary English Version
Their property and wealth will shrink and disappear.

New American Bible
He shall not be rich, his possessions shall not endure; his property shall not spread over the land.

Douay-Rheims Bible
He shall not be enriched, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he push his root in the earth.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

He shall not be enriched, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he push his root in the earth.

neither shall

Job 20:22-28 When he shall be filled, he shall be straitened, he shall burn, and every sorrow shall fall upon him. . . .

Job 22:15-20 Dost thou desire to keep the path of ages, which wicked men have spurned? . . .

Job 27:16,17 If he shall heap together silver as earth, and prepare raiment as clay, . . .

Psalm 49:16,17 Be not thou afraid, when a man shall be made rich, and when the glory of his house shall be increased. . . .

Luke 12:19-21 And I will say to my soul: Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years. Take thy rest: eat, drink, make good cheer. . . .

Luke 16:2,19-22 And he called him and said to him: How is it that I hear this of thee? Give an account of thy stewardship: for now thou canst be steward no longer. . . .

James 1:11 For the sun rose with a burning heat and parched the grass: and the flower thereof fell off, and the beauty of the shape thereof perished. So also shall the rich man fade away in his ways.

James 5:1-3 Go to now, ye rich men: weep and howl in your miseries, which shall come upon you. . . .

Context
Eliphaz: Job Does Not Fear God
28He hath dwelt in desolate cities, and in desert houses that are reduced into heaps. 29He shall not be enriched, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he push his root in the earth.30He shall not depart out of darkness: the flame shall dry up his branches, and he shall be taken away by the breath of his own mouth.…
Cross References
Job 20:21
There was nothing left of his meat, and therefore nothing shall continue of his goods:

Job 27:16
If he shall heap together silver as earth, and prepare raiment as clay,

Job 27:17
He shall prepare indeed, but the just man shall be clothed with it: and the innocent shall divide the silver.

Job 15:28
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