The Meaning of Job 15:33 Explained

Job 15:33

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

YLT: He shaketh off as a vine his unripe fruit, And casteth off as an olive his blossom.

Darby: He shall shake off his unripe grapes as a vine, and shall cast his flower as an olive.

ASV: He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, And shall cast off his flower as the olive-tree.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Job 15:33 Mean?

Context Summary

Job 15:1-35 - "the Heavens Are Not Clean"
The second colloquy, like the first, is commenced by Eliphaz. He begins by rebuking Job, Job 15:1-16. He complains that the words of Job proved him to be unwise, Job 15:2-3, and even impious, Job 15:4. His very speech testified to his iniquity, Job 15:5-6. With something of irony Eliphaz asks upon what Job's claim to superior wisdom rests. Was he the first man? Job 15:7. Or had he access to the secret counsel of God? Job 15:8. In refusing the counsel of his friends, Job 15:9-10, and the consolations of God they had offered, Job 15:11, r.v., had he not proved his want of wisdom? He had even proved his folly and his impiety, by attempting to assert his innocence before God, Job 15:12-14, in whose presence even the heavens were unclean, Job 15:15-16. It is clear that Eliphaz and his friends did not believe the sincerity of Job's protestations of innocence.
Eliphaz then attempts to instruct Job, Job 15:17-35. His theme is almost the same as that of his former speech. It is the righteousness of God as specially manifested in the punishment of the wicked. He claims that his doctrine is that of the wise men, Job 15:17-19; then proceeds to describe the wicked man as troubled in conscience and full of fear, Job 15:20-24; attributes this to his bold impiety, Job 15:25-28; and predicts his fearful doom, Job 15:29-35. The application of such teaching to Job must have been very painful. He insinuated that Job's terrible afflictions were God's testimony against his sin. We know better from John 11:4-5. [source]

Chapter Summary: Job 15

1  Eliphaz reproves Job for impiety in justifying himself
17  He proves by tradition the restlessness of wicked men

What do the individual words in Job 15:33 mean?

He will shake off like a vine his unripe grape and cast off like an olive tree his blossom
יַחְמֹ֣ס כַּגֶּ֣פֶן בִּסְר֑וֹ וְיַשְׁלֵ֥ךְ כַּ֝זַּ֗יִת נִצָּתֽוֹ

יַחְמֹ֣ס  He  will  shake  off 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: חָמַס 
Sense: to wrong, do violence to, treat violently, do wrongly.
כַּגֶּ֣פֶן  like  a  vine 
Parse: Preposition-k, Article, Noun, common singular
Root: גֶּפֶן  
Sense: vine, vine tree.
בִּסְר֑וֹ  his  unripe  grape 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: בֹּסֶר  
Sense: unripe or sour grapes.
וְיַשְׁלֵ֥ךְ  and  cast  off 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hifil, Conjunctive imperfect Jussive, third person masculine singular
Root: שָׁלַךְ  
Sense: to throw, cast, hurl, fling.
כַּ֝זַּ֗יִת  like  an  olive  tree 
Parse: Preposition-k, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: זַיִת  
Sense: olive, olive tree.
נִצָּתֽוֹ  his  blossom 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: נִצָּה  
Sense: blossom.

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