Job 11:20
18 You will be secure, because there is hope, and you will look around and lie down in safety.
19 You will lie down without fear, and many will court your favor.
But the eyes of the wicked will fail, and escape will elude them; they will hope for their last breath.”
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- But the eyes of the wicked will fail, and escape will elude them; they will hope for their last breath.”
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- But the eyes of the wicked will fail. They will have no way to flee. Their hope will be the giving up of the spirit.”
- ASV
- 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.
- DARBY
- But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and [all] refuge shall vanish from them, and their hope [shall be] the breathing out of life.
- BLB
- But the eyes of the wicked will fail, and escape will perish from them, and their hope [be] a puff of the soul.”
- ÅB
- Men de ugudeliges øyne tæres bort; de har ingen tilflukt mere, og deres håp er å utånde sjelen.
[^1]: d.e. Guds visdom.
[^2]: når Gud slik går i rette med ham, JBS 11, 10. - OTB
- Men de ondes øyne vil svikte,
og flukt vil unnslippe dem;
deres håp vil være å trekke sitt siste pust.» - B1930
- Men de ugudeliges øine tæres bort; de har ingen tilflukt mere, og deres håp er å utånde sjelen.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Deuteronomy 28:65
Among those nations you will find no repose, not even a resting place for the sole of your foot. There the LORD will give you a trembling heart, failing eyes, and a despairing soul.
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If a man denounces his friends for a price, the eyes of his children will fail.
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Such is the destiny of all who forget God; so the hope of the godless will perish.
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In Hades, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham from afar, with Lazarus by his side.
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He is torn from the shelter of his tent and is marched off to the king of terrors.
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Whoever curses his father or mother, his lamp will be extinguished in deepest darkness.
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It will be like a man who flees from a lion, only to encounter a bear, or who enters his house and rests his hand against the wall, only to be bitten by a snake.
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