Job 15:30-32

Good News Translation

³⁰    and they will not escape from darkness.
They will be like trees
    whose branches are burned by fire,
    whose blossoms^[a] are blown away by the wind.
³¹If they are foolish enough to trust in evil,
    then evil will be their reward.
³²Before their time is up they will wither,^[b]
    wither like a branch and never be green again.

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Footnotes

Job 15:30 One ancient translation blossoms; Hebrew mouth.
Job 15:32 Some ancient translations wither; Hebrew be filled.

Job 15:30-32

King James Version

³⁰He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away.

³¹Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompence.

³²It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be green.

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Job 15:30-32

New International Version

³⁰He will not escape the darkness;^(A)
    a flame^(B) will wither his shoots,^(C)
    and the breath of God’s mouth^(D) will carry him away.^(E)
³¹Let him not deceive^(F) himself by trusting what is worthless,^(G)
    for he will get nothing in return.^(H)
³²Before his time^(I) he will wither,^(J)
    and his branches will not flourish.^(K)