Job 15:29

King James Version 1611 (Original)

He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof upon 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, and be merry. 20 But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided? 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, How is it that I hear this of thee? give an account of thy stewardship; for thou mayest be no longer steward.
• Luke 16:19-22 : 19 There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day: 20 And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores, 21 And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores. 22 And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;
• Jas 1:11 : 11 For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it 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 ways.
• Jas 5:1-3 : 1 Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you. 2 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten. 3 Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.
• Job 20:22-28 : 22 In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand of the wicked shall come upon him. 23 When he is about to fill his belly, God shall cast the fury of his wrath upon him, and shall rain it upon him while he is eating. 24 He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of steel shall strike him through. 25 It is drawn, and cometh out of the body; yea, the glittering sword cometh out of his gall: terrors are upon him. 26 All darkness shall be hid in his secret places: a fire not blown shall consume him; it shall go ill with him that is left in his tabernacle. 27 The heaven shall reveal his iniquity; and the earth shall rise up against him. 28 The increase of his house shall depart, and his goods shall flow away in the day of his wrath.
• Job 22:15-20 : 15 Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden? 16 Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood: 17 Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them? 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 Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the fire consumeth.