Job 15:33

33 He will be like a vine stripped of its unripe grapes, like an olive tree shedding its blossoms.

Job 15:33 in Other Translations

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

33 He will shake off his unripe grape like the vine, and cast off his blossom like the olive tree.

33 They will be like a vine whose grapes are harvested too early, like an olive tree that loses its blossoms before the fruit can form.

33 They'll be like fruit frost-killed before it ripens, like buds sheared off before they bloom.

33 He will be like a vine that drops its unripe grapes and like an olive tree that sheds its blossoms.

Job 15:33 Meaning and Commentary

Job 15:33

He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine
Either the wicked man himself shall shake off or lose his substance; or God shall shake off from him all that was dear and valuable to him; or he shall be shaken by one providence or another, just as a vine is shaken by a violent wind and tempest, and its unripe grapes are battered off by an hailstorm, or plucked off by the hand, or drop off through rottenness; so it is signified by this metaphor, that a wicked man should be stripped of his wealth and riches in a sudden manner; or his children should be snatched from him in their youth, before they were well grown up to maturity, and so like the unripe grape; perhaps respect is had to Job's case, both with regard to his substance and his family:

and shall cast off his flower, as the olive:
which tree, when shaken in a violent manner, drops its flower, and so brings forth no fruit; it is observed by naturalists ^F8, that these two trees, the vine and the olive, flourish much about the same time, and suffer much by storms and tempests, which destroy their fruits, and especially when rain falls in the time of their flowering; the some thing is intended in this clause as in the former.

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FOOTNOTES:

F8 Plin. Nat. Hist. l. 16. c. 25. l. 17. c. 2. 24.

Job 15:33 In-Context

31 Let him not deceive himself by trusting what is worthless, for he will get nothing in return.

32 Before his time he will wither, and his branches will not flourish.

33 He will be like a vine stripped of its unripe grapes, like an olive tree shedding its blossoms.

34 For the company of the godless will be barren, and fire will consume the tents of those who love bribes.

35 They conceive trouble and give birth to evil; their womb fashions deceit.”

Cross References

• 1. Habakkuk 3:17
• 2. S Job 4:20