KJV ORIGINAL
He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and shall cast off his flower as the olive.
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
He will drop his unripe grapes like a vine does, and lose his blossoms like an olive tree.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
This verse is saying that the wicked person will lose what they hoped to gain before it can mature or bear fruit.
📚 Historical Context
This is part of Eliphaz's second speech to Job, where he's arguing that the wicked always face judgment and lose their prosperity. In ancient agricultural societies, losing unripe fruit or blossoms meant losing an entire season's harvest and income. Eliphaz is using these vivid farming images that Job would immediately understand to describe how the wicked lose their gains prematurely.
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