Job 15:32 - Exposition

It shall be accomplished before his time . "It [ i.e. the recompense] shall be accomplished [or, 'paid in full '] before its time [ i.e. before payment is due]." A vague threat, probably intended to signify that death will come upon the wicked man prematurely, before he has lived out halt the days of his natural life. And his branch shall not be green ; i.e. he shall wither and fade, like a tree not planted by the waterside ( Psalms 1:3 ).