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Job 15:20

Judgment

18 Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid it:

19 Unto whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger passed among them.

The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor.

21 A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.

22 He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
A wicked man writhes in pain all his days; only a few years are reserved for the ruthless.
KJV
The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor.
WEB
the wicked man writhes in pain all his days, even the number of years that are laid up for the oppressor.
ASV
The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, Even the number of years that are laid up for the oppressor.
DARBY
All his days the wicked man is tormented, and numbered years are allotted to the violent.
BLB
All the days of the wicked, he is writhing, and the number of years is hidden for the ruthless.
ÅB
En ugudelig lever i angst alle sine dager, og få i tall er de år som er gjemt for voldsmannen.
OTB
Den onde personen lider pine alle sine dager,
og årene reservert for de hensynsløse er begrenset.
B1930
En ugudelig lever i angst alle sine dager, og få i tall er de år som er gjemt for voldsmannen.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • James 5:1–6

    Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.

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  • Job 27:13

    This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, which they shall receive of the Almighty.

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  • Job 24:1

    Why, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that know him not see his days?

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  • Luke 12:19–21

    And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.

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  • Psalms 90:12

    So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.

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  • Psalms 90:3–4

    Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men.

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  • Ecclesiastes 9:3

    This is an evil among all things that are 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.

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  • Romans 8:22

    For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.

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