31 Let him not deceive himself by trusting what is worthless, for he will get nothing in return.
31 Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompence.
31 Let him not trust in emptiness, deceiving himself, for emptiness will be his payment.
31 There's a lesson here: Whoever invests in lies, gets lies for interest,
31 Let him not trust in futile things, deceiving himself, For futility will be his reward.
31 Let them no longer fool themselves by trusting in empty riches, for emptiness will be their only reward.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Job 15:31
Commentary on Job 15:17-35
(Read Job 15:17-35)
Eliphaz maintains that the wicked are certainly miserable: whence he would infer, that the miserable are certainly wicked, and therefore Job was so. But because many of God's people have prospered in this world, it does not therefore follow that those who are crossed and made poor, as Job, are not God's people. Eliphaz shows also that wicked people, particularly oppressors, are subject to continual terror, live very uncomfortably, and perish very miserably. Will the prosperity of presumptuous sinners end miserably as here described? Then let the mischiefs which befal others, be our warnings. Though no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous, nevertheless, afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruits of righteousness to them that are exercised thereby. No calamity, no trouble, however heavy, however severe, can rob a follower of the Lord of his favour. What shall separate him from the love of Christ?