Job 15:32

“It shall be accomplished before his time, Either the recompence or reward of his trusting vanity, in vain persons or things, the punishment of such a trust, the sorrows and troubles following upon it; these shall come upon the wicked man “before his day” f636, as it may be rendered; before the day of his death, even before his old age; before the evil days come in a course of nature, and those years in which he has no pleasure: or his life, and the days of his life, “shall be filled up” f637; or be at an end before his time; not before the time fixed in the decree and purpose of God, (<181405>Job 14:5); but before his own time, that he and his friends thought he might have lived, and as his…”

“Literally, "it (the tree to which he is compared, Job 15:30, or else his life) shall not be filled up in its time"; that is, "he shall be ended before his time." shall not be green--image from a withered tree; the childless extinction of the wicked.”

“It shall be accomplished before his time - Margin, “cut off.” The image here is that of a tree, which had been suggested in Job 15:30. Here it is followed up by various illustrations drawn from the flower, the fruit, etc., all of which are designed to denote the same thing - that a wicked man will not be permanently prosperous; he will not live and flourish as he would if he were righteous. He will be like a tree that is cut down before its proper time, or that casts its flowers and fruits and brings nothing to perfection. The phrase here literally is, “It shall not be filled up in its time;” that is, a wicked man will be cut off before he has filled up the measure of his days, like a tree…”

“Accomplished - That vanity should be his recompence. Before - When by the course of nature, and common providence he might have continued much longer. Next: Job Chapter 16”

“accomplished: or, cut off, Job 22:16; Psa 55:23; Ecc 7:17 and his branch: Job 8:16-19, Job 14:7-9, Job 18:16, Job 18:17; Psa 52:5-8; Isa 27:11; Eze 17:8-10; Hos 9:16, Hos 14:5-7; Joh 15:6 Job 15:33”