Job 15:29

American Standard Version (1901)

He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, Neither shall their possessions be extended on the earth.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לֹא־יֶעְשַׁר וְלֹא־יָקוּם חֵילוֹ וְלֹא־יִטֶּה לָאָרֶץ מִנְלָם

Transliteration

lōʾ-yeʿšar wə-lōʾ-yāqûm ḥêlô wə-lōʾ-yiṭṭeh lāʾāreṣ minlām

Grammar Details

• *lōʾ-yeʿšar*: negative particle + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he will not be rich
• *wə-lōʾ-yāqûm*: conjunction + negative particle + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and will not endure
• *ḥêlô*: noun, masculine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his wealth
• *wə-lōʾ-yiṭṭeh*: conjunction + negative particle + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and will not extend
• *lāʾāreṣ*: preposition + definite article + noun, feminine singular - to the earth
• *minlām*: noun, masculine singular + 3rd masculine plural suffix - their possession

Word Meanings

• *ʿāšar*: to be rich, wealthy
• *qûm*: to arise, stand, endure
• *ḥayil*: strength, wealth, army
• *nāṭāh*: to stretch out, extend, spread
• *ʾereṣ*: earth, land, ground
• *minleh*: possession, acquisition, property

Referenced Verses

• Job 27:16-17 : 16 Though he heap up silver as the dust, And prepare raiment as the clay; 17 He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, And the innocent shall divide the silver.
• Ps 49:16-17 : 16 Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, When the glory of his house is increased. 17 For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away; His glory shall not descend after him.
• Luke 12:19-21 : 19 And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, be merry. 20 But God said unto him, Thou foolish one, this night is thy soul required of thee; and the things which thou hast prepared, whose shall they be? 21 So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.
• Luke 16:2 : 2 And he called him, and said unto him, What is this that I hear of thee? render the account of thy stewardship; for thou canst be no longer steward.
• Luke 16:19-22 : 19 Now there was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, faring sumptuously every day: 20 and a certain beggar named Lazarus was laid at his gate, full of sores, 21 and desiring to be fed with the [crumbs] that fell from the rich man's table; yea, even the dogs came and licked his sores. 22 And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and that he was carried away by the angels into Abraham's bosom: and the rich man also died, and was buried.
• Jas 1:11 : 11 For the sun ariseth with the scorching wind, and withereth the grass: and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his goings.
• Jas 5:1-3 : 1 Come now, ye rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming upon you. 2 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are moth-eaten. 3 Your gold and your silver are rusted; and their rust shall be for a testimony against you, and shall eat your flesh as fire. Ye have laid up your treasure in the last days.
• Job 20:22-28 : 22 In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: The hand of every one that is in misery shall come upon him. 23 When he is about to fill his belly, [God] will cast the fierceness of his wrath upon him, And will rain it upon him while he is eating. 24 He shall flee from the iron weapon, And the bow of brass shall strike him through. 25 He draweth it forth, and it cometh out of his body; Yea, the glittering point cometh out of his gall: Terrors are upon him. 26 All darkness is laid up for his treasures: A fire not blown [by man] shall devour him; It shall consume that which is left in his tent. 27 The heavens shall reveal his iniquity, And the earth shall rise up against him. 28 The increase of his house shall depart; [His goods] shall flow away in the day of his wrath.
• Job 22:15-20 : 15 Wilt thou keep the old way Which wicked men have trodden? 16 Who were snatched away before their time, Whose foundation was poured out as a stream, 17 Who said unto God, Depart from us; And, What can the Almighty do for us? 18 Yet he filled their houses with good things: But the counsel of the wicked is far from me. 19 The righteous see it, and are glad; And the innocent laugh them to scorn, 20 [ Saying], Surely they that did rise up against us are cut off, And the remnant of them the fire hath consumed.