Job 15:31
Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompence.
KJV
Non credet, frustra errore deceptus, quod aliquo pretio redimendus sit.
Vulgate
μὴ πιστευέτω ὅτι ὑπομενεῖ, κενὰ γὰρ ἀποβήσεται αὐτῷ·
LXX
Let him not trust in vanity, deceiving himself; For vanity shall be his recompense.
ASV
אַל יַאֲמֵ֣ן ב/שו בַּ/שָּׁ֣יו נִתְעָ֑ה כִּי שָׁ֝֗וְא תִּהְיֶ֥ה תְמוּרָתֽ/וֹ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אַל
'l
preposition · 720×
וֹ
v
noun · 6×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
ם
m
verb · 51×
נֶאֱמָ֔ן
n'mn
verb · 108×
שָׁ֑וְא
shv'
noun · 52×
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Eph 5:6 — Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.
- Gal 6:3 — For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.
- Gal 6:7 — Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
- Gal 6:7 — Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
- Hos 8:7 — For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk: the bud shall yield no meal: if so be it yield, the strangers shall swallow it up.
- Isa 44:20 — He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?
- Isa 44:20 — He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?
- Isa 59:4 — None calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.
- Job 4:8 — Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.
- Job 12:16 — With him is strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver are his.
- Jonah 2:8 — They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.
- Prov 22:8 — He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.
- Ps 62:10 — Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart upon them.