What does Job 15:32 mean?

Job 15:32 highlights themes such as judgment, futility, wickedness when read in context.

How should I apply Job 15:32 today?

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

It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be green.

30He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away.

31Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompence.

32It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be green.

33He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and shall cast off his flower as the olive.

34For the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate, and fire shall consume the tabernacles of bribery.

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Isaiah 11:1
The 'branch' mentioned in Job can be seen as a foreshadowing of the righteous branch that comes from Jesse, which is fulfilled in Jesus.