Job 15:23 | JFB | STEP | 23. Wandereth in anxious search for bread. Famine in Old Testament depicts sore need ( ). Contrast the pious man's lot ( ). knoweth-- has the firm conviction. Contrast the same word applied to the pious ( , ). ready at his hand-- an Arabic phrase to denote a thing's complete readiness and full presence, as if in the hand.

‏ Job 15:23

23. Wandereth in anxious search for bread. Famine in Old Testament depicts sore need (Is 5:13). Contrast the pious man's lot (Job 5:20-22).

knoweth--has the firm conviction. Contrast the same word applied to the pious (Job 5:24, 25).

ready at his hand--an Arabic phrase to denote a thing's complete readiness and full presence, as if in the hand.