King James Version
Job 15:32 in the King James Version says “It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be green. accomplished: or, cut off” — study this verse from Job chapter 15 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be green. accomplished: or, cut off”
Job 15:32 · KJV
He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away.
Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompence.
It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be green. accomplished: or, cut off
He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and shall cast off his flower as the olive.
For the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate, and fire shall consume the tabernacles of bribery.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“before”
H3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“his time”
H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
“It shall be accomplished”
H4390to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively)
“before”
H3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
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