Job 15:33

Like a vine he will let his sour grapes fall, ¹  and like an olive tree he will shed his blossoms. ² 

biblegateway Job 15:33

He will be like a vine stripped of its unripe grapes, like an olive tree shedding its blossoms.

biblegateway Job 15:33

"He will drop off his unripe grape like the vine, And will cast off his flower like the olive tree.

biblegateway Job 15:33

They will be like a vine whose grapes are harvested before they are ripe, like an olive tree that sheds its blossoms so the fruit cannot form.

biblegateway Job 15:33

They'll be like fruit frost-killed before it ripens, like buds sheared off before they bloom.

SABDAweb Job 15:33

He is like a vine whose grapes do not come to full growth, or an olive-tree dropping its flowers.

bibleoremus Job 15:33

They will shake off their unripe grape, like the vine, and cast off their blossoms, like the olive tree.

biblegateway Job 15:33

He will shake off his unripe grape like a vine, And cast off his blossom like an olive tree.

biblegateway Job 15:33

Like a vine he will let his sour grapes fall, ¹  and like an olive tree he will shed his blossoms. ² 

¹ tn The verb means “to treat violently” or “to wrong.” It indicates that the vine did not nourish the grapes well enough for them to grow, and so they dry up and drop off.

² sn The point is that like the tree the wicked man shows signs of life but produces nothing valuable. The olive tree will have blossoms in the years that it produces no olives, and so eventually drops the blossoms.