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34 For the company of the godless is barren,[a]
and fire[b] consumes the tents of those who accept bribes.[c]

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Footnotes

  1. Job 15:34 tn The LXX renders this line: “for death is the witness of an ungodly man. “Death” represents “barren/sterile,” and “witness” represents “assembly.”
  2. Job 15:34 sn This may refer to the fire that struck Job (cf. 1:16).
  3. Job 15:34 tn Heb “the tents of bribery.” The word “bribery” can mean a “gift,” but most often in the sense of a bribe in court. It indicates that the wealth and the possessions that the wicked man has gained may have been gained unjustly.

34 For the company of the godless(A) will be barren,
    and fire will consume(B) the tents of those who love bribes.(C)

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