KJV King James Version
He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and shall cast off his flower as the olive.
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Job 15:33
He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and shall cast off his flower as the olive.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
He will be like a vine stripped of its unripe grapes, like an olive tree that sheds its blossoms.
WEB World English Bible
He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and shall cast off his flower as the olive tree.
ASV American Standard Version
He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, And shall cast off his flower as the olive-tree.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
He shaketh off as a vine his unripe fruit, And casteth off as an olive his blossom.
Surrounding context — Job 15
30 He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away.
31 Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompence.
32 It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be green.
33 He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and shall cast off his flower as the olive.
34 For the congregation of hypocrites [shall be] desolate, and fire shall consume the tabernacles of bribery.
35 They conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity, and their belly prepareth deceit.
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Deuteronomy 28:39-40Thou shalt plant vineyards, and dress [them], but shalt neither drink [of] the wine, nor gather [the grapes]; for the worms shall eat them.Isaiah 33:9The earth mourneth [and] languisheth: Lebanon is ashamed [and] hewn down: Sharon is like a wilderness; and Bashan and Carmel shake off [their fruits].Revelation 6:13And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind.
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