Job 15:23

“He wandereth abroad for bread, etc.] Either as a plunderer and robber, he roves about to increase his worldly power and substance; or rather, being reduced to poverty, wanders about from place to place, from door to door, to beg his bread; which is a curse imprecated on the posterity of wicked men, (<19A910>Psalm 109:10); [saying], where [is it]? where is bread to be had? where shall I go for it? where lives a liberal man that will give it freely and generously? by this question it seems as if it was difficult for such a man to get his bread by begging; he having been cruel and oppressive to others, unkind and ungenerous in his time of prosperity, now finds but few that care to relieve him;…”

“Wandereth in anxious search for bread. Famine in Old Testament depicts sore need (Isa 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.”

“He wandereth abroad for bread - The Septuagint renders this, “he is destined to be food for vultures” - κατατέτακται δὲ εἰς σῖτα γυψίν katatetaktai de eis sitos gupsin. The meaning of the Hebrew is, simply, that he will be reduced to poverty, and will not know where to obtain a supply for his returning needs. He knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand - He is assured that the period of calamity is not far remote. It must come. He has no security that it will not come immediately. The whole design of this is to show that there is no calmness and security for a wicked man; that in the midst of apparent prosperity his soul is in constant dread. return to 'Top of Page'”

“Knoweth - From his own guilty conscience. Job 15:25”

“15:23 They wander around, saying, “Where can I find bread?”: Like the wicked (15:20), Job either experienced hunger (see 15:27) or (following the Greek Old Testament) had been “appointed to be food for a vulture,” which would parallel “marked for the sword” (15:22).”

“wandereth: Job 30:3, Job 30:4; Gen 4:12; Psa 59:15, Psa 109:10; Lam 5:6, Lam 5:9; Heb 11:37, Heb 11:38 the day: Job 18:5, Job 18:6, Job 18:12, Job 18:18; Ecc 11:8; Joe 2:2; Amo 5:20; Zep 1:15; Heb 10:27 Job 15:24”