Job 11:20

Job chapter 11 · verse 20 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, And they shall have no way to flee; And their hope shall be the giving up of the ghost.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope shall be as the giving up of the ghost.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, And they shall have no way to flee; And their hope shall be the giving up of the ghost.

Context

v.19Also thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid; Yea, many shall make suit unto thee.

v.20This passage

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Job 8:13

    So are the paths of all that forget God; And the hope of the godless man shall perish:

  • Deuteronomy 28:65

    And among these nations shalt thou find no ease, and there shall be no rest for the sole of thy foot: but Jehovah will give thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and pining of soul;

  • Leviticus 26:16

    I also will do this unto you: I will appoint terror over you, even consumption and fever, that shall consume the eyes, and make the soul to pine away; and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.

  • Amos 2:14

    And flight shall perish from the swift; and the strong shall not strengthen his force; neither shall the mighty deliver himself;

  • Job 17:5

    He that denounceth his friends for a prey, Even the eyes of his children shall fail.

  • Amos 5:19

    As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.