Verse Lens · Context pointer
Job 15:22 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 22. 22He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword.
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Role in This Section
Eliphaz states “He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword” as one poetic claim in Eliphaz Expands a Traditional Portrait of the Wicked.
Read It With
- Job 15:17–15:35
Follow Job 15:17–15:35, not verse 15:22 alone. Eliphaz states “He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword” as one poetic claim in Eliphaz Expands a Traditional Portrait of the Wicked. The paragraph's controlling limit is: The portrait is Eliphaz's attempt to fit Job into a type and is not narrator confirmation that Job's suffering reveals violence, bribery, or secret guilt.
Why It Needs Context
Job 15:22 performs a local role inside “Eliphaz Expands a Traditional Portrait of the Wicked.” Eliphaz states “He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword” as one poetic claim in Eliphaz Expands a Traditional Portrait of the Wicked. The selected verse alone does not carry the full claim.
Continue in Context
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Read Job 15:17–15:35 — Eliphaz Expands a Traditional Portrait of the WickedSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete thought-unit coverage.
Exact location: Job 15:17–15:35, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Job
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording and morphology checked at the exact unit without treating morphology as a complete apparatus or interpretation.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Job.xml, OSIS 15:17–15:35
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