Job 15:22
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He believeth not that he may return from darkness to light, looking round about for the sword on every side.

He believeth not

Job 6:11 For what is my strength, that I can hold out? or what is my end, that I should keep patience?

Job 9:16 And if he should hear me when I call, I should not believe that he had heard my voice.

2 Kings 6:33 While he was yet speaking to them, the messenger appeared, who was coming to him. And he said: Behold, so great an evil is from the Lord: what shall I look for more from the Lord?

Isaiah 8:21,22 And they shall pass by it, they shall fall, and be hungry: and when they shall be hungry, they will be angry, and curse their king, and their God, and look upwards. . . .

Matthew 27:5 And casting down the pieces of silver in the temple, he departed and went and hanged himself with an halter.

and he is

Job 20:24,25 He shall flee from weapons of iron, and shall fall upon a bow of brass. . . .

Context
Eliphaz: Job Does Not Fear God
21The sound of dread is always in his ears: and when there is peace, he always suspecteth treason. 22He believeth not that he may return from darkness to light, looking round about for the sword on every side.23When he moveth himself to seek bread, he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.…
Cross References
Job 15:23
When he moveth himself to seek bread, he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.

Job 15:30
He 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.

Job 19:29
Flee then from the face of the sword, for the sword is the revenger of iniquities: and know ye that there is a judgment.

Job 27:14
If his sons be multiplied, they shall be for the sword, and his grandsons shall not be filled with bread.

Job 33:18
Rescuing his soul from corruption: and his life from passing to the sword.

Job 36:12
But if they hear not, they shall pass by the sword, and shall be consumed in folly.

Lexicon
He despairs of
יַאֲמִ֣ין (ya·’ă·mîn)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 539: To confirm, support

his return
שׁ֭וּב (ūḇ)
Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, again

from
מִנִּי־ (min·nî-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 4480: A part of, from, out of

darkness;
חֹ֑שֶׁךְ (ḥō·šeḵ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2822: The dark, darkness, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness

he
ה֣וּא (hū)
Pronoun - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

is marked
וְצָפ֖וּי (wə·ṣā·p̄ui)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6822: To lean forward, to peer into the distance, to observe, await

for
אֱלֵי־ (’ĕ·lê-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to

the sword.
חָֽרֶב׃ (ḥā·reḇ)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2719: Drought, a cutting instrument, as a, knife, sword


Additional Translations
He despairs of his return from darkness; he is marked for the sword.He believes not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword.

He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, And he is waited for of the sword.

Let him not trust that he shall return from darkness, for he has been already made over to the power of the sword.

He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is singled out for the sword.

He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword:

He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for by the sword.

He doesn't believe that he shall return out of darkness. He is waited for by the sword.

He believeth not to return from darkness, And watched is he for the sword.
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