Job 15:20
What does Job 15:20 mean?
A plain-English look at Job 15:20 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, Even the number of years that are laid up for the oppressor.
KJV
King James Version · 1611The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, Even the number of years that are laid up for the oppressor.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949The evil man is in pain all his days, and the number of the years stored up for the cruel is small.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862`All days of the wicked he is paining himself, And few years have been laid up for the terrible one.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752The wicked man is proud all his days, and the number of the years of his tyranny is uncertain.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890All his days the wicked man is tormented, and numbered years are allotted to the violent.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 90:12
So teach us to number our days, That we may get us a heart of wisdom.
- Ecclesiastes 9:3
This is an evil in all that is done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea also, the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead.
- Job 27:13
This is the portion of a wicked man with God, And the heritage of oppressors, which they receive from the Almighty:
- James 5:1
Come now, ye rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming upon you.
- Job 24:1
Why are times not laid up by the Almighty? And why do not they that know him see his days?
- Romans 8:22
For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.
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