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Job 15:31

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— “Let him not trust in emptiness, deceiving himself; For emptiness will be his reward.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompence.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— Let him not trust in vanity, deceiving himself: for vanity shall be his recompence.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— Let him not trust in vanity, deceiving himself; For vanity shall be his recompense.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompense.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— Let him not trust in vanity: he is deceived, for vanity shall be his recompense;
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— Let no one trust in him that—by vanity—is deceived, for, vanity, shall be his recompense;
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— Let him not put credence in vanity, He hath been deceived, For vanity is his recompence.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— He shall not believe, being vainly deceived by error, that he may be redeemed with any price.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— He beleeueth not that he erreth in vanitie: therefore vanitie shalbe his change.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— Let not him that is deceiued, trust in vanitie: for vanitie shalbe his recompence.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— Let him not trust in deceptive vanity, for his growth is in vain.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— Let him not think that he shall endure; for his end shall be vanity.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompence.

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
Let not x408
(0408) Complement
אַל
'al
{al}
A negative particle (akin to H3808); not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (Job 24:25) as a noun, nothing.
him that is deceived 8582
{8582} Prime
תָּעָה
ta`ah
{taw-aw'}
A primitive root; to vacillate, that is, reel or stray (literally or figuratively); also causatively of both.
z8738
<8738> Grammar
Stem - Niphal (See H8833)
Mood - Perfect (See H8816)
Count - 1429
trust 539
{0539} Prime
אָמַן
'aman
{aw-man'}
A primitive root; properly to build up or support; to foster as a parent or nurse; figuratively to render (or be) firm or faithful, to trust or believe, to be permanent or quiet; morally to be true or certain; once (in Isaiah 30:21; by interchange for H0541) to go to the right hand.
z8686
<8686> Grammar
Stem - Hiphil (See H8818)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 4046
in vanity: 7723
{7723} Prime
שָׁוְא
shav'
{shawv}
From the same as H7722 in the sense of desolating; evil (as destructive), literally (ruin) or morally (especially guile); figuratively idolatry (as false, subjectively), uselessness (as deceptive, objectively; also adverbially in vain).
for x3588
(3588) Complement
כִּי
kiy
{kee}
A primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjugation or adverb; often largely modified by other particles annexed.
vanity 7723
{7723} Prime
שָׁוְא
shav'
{shawv}
From the same as H7722 in the sense of desolating; evil (as destructive), literally (ruin) or morally (especially guile); figuratively idolatry (as false, subjectively), uselessness (as deceptive, objectively; also adverbially in vain).
shall be x1961
(1961) Complement
הָיָה
hayah
{haw-yaw'}
A primitive root (compare H1933); to exist, that is, be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary).
his recompence. 8545
{8545} Prime
תְּמוּרָה
t@muwrah
{tem-oo-raw'}
From H4171; barter, compensation.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

Job 15:31

_ _ Rather, “let him not trust in vanity or he will be deceived,” etc.

_ _ vanity — that which is unsubstantial. Sin is its own punishment (Proverbs 1:31; Jeremiah 2:19).

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on Job 15:17-35.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Job 15:31

Vanity — In the vain and deceitful things of this world, he subjoins a general caution to all men to take heed of running into the same error and mischief. Vanity — Disappointment and dissatisfaction, and the loss of all his imaginary felicity. Recompence — Heb. his exchange; he shall exchange one vanity for another, a pleasing vanity for a vexatious vanity.

Geneva Bible Translation Notes

Job 15:31

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

(t) He stands in his own conceit, that he will give no place to good counsel, therefore his own pride will bring him to destruction.

Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance
not him:

Job 12:16 With him [is] strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver [are] his.
Isaiah 44:20 He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, [Is there] not a lie in my right hand?
Galatians 6:3 For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.
Galatians 6:7 Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
Ephesians 5:6 Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.

trust:

Psalms 62:10 Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart [upon them].
Isaiah 59:4 None calleth for justice, nor [any] pleadeth for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.
Jonah 2:8 They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.

for vanity:

Job 4:8 Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.
Proverbs 22:8 He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.
Isaiah 17:10-11 Because thou hast forgotten the God of thy salvation, and hast not been mindful of the rock of thy strength, therefore shalt thou plant pleasant plants, and shalt set it with strange slips: ... In the day shalt thou make thy plant to grow, and in the morning shalt thou make thy seed to flourish: [but] the harvest [shall be] a heap in the day of grief and of desperate sorrow.
Hosea 8:7 For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk: the bud shall yield no meal: if so be it yield, the strangers shall swallow it up.
Galatians 6:8 For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.
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Chain-Reference Bible SearchCross References with Concordance

Jb 4:8; 12:16. Ps 62:10. Pv 22:8. Is 17:10; 44:20; 59:4. Ho 8:7. Jna 2:8. Ga 6:3, 7, 8. Ep 5:6.

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