What does Job 15:21 mean?

Job 15:21 highlights themes such as fear, prosperity, destruction when read in context.

How should I apply Job 15:21 today?

Read the surrounding passage, compare related cross references, and turn the verse into a short prayer and concrete action.

A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.

19Unto whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger passed among them.

20The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor.

21A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.

22He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword.

23He wandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.

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Proverbs 1:32
Both verses warn about the consequences of ignoring wisdom in times of prosperity.
Luke 12:19-20
This passage contrasts the false security of wealth with God's sudden judgment.