Job 20:26

24 Though he flees from an iron weapon, a bronze-tipped arrow will pierce him.

25 It is drawn out of his back, the gleaming point from his liver. Terrors come over him.

Total darkness is reserved for his treasures. A fire unfanned will consume him and devour what is left in his tent.

27 The heavens will expose his iniquity, and the earth will rise up against him.

28 The possessions of his house will be removed, flowing away on the day of God’s wrath.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Total darkness is reserved for his treasures. A fire unfanned will consume him and devour what is left in his tent.
KJV
All darkness shall be hid in his secret places: a fire not blown shall consume him; it shall go ill with him that is left in his tabernacle.
WEB
All darkness is laid up for his treasures. An unfanned fire will devour him. It will consume that which is left in his tent.
ASV
All darkness is laid up for his treasures: A fire not blown [by man] shall devour him; It shall consume that which is left in his tent.
DARBY
All darkness is laid up for his treasures: a fire not blown shall devour him; it shall feed upon what is left in his tent.
BLB
Complete darkness is hidden for his treasuring; a fire [that is] not fanned will consume him, the remnant in his tent will be devoured.
ÅB
Alt mørke er oppspart for hans vel gjemte skatter; en ild som intet menneske puster til, fortærer ham; den spiser det som er igjen i hans telt.
OTB
Fullstendig mørke er reservert for hans skatter;
en ild som ikke er blåst opp vil fortære ham
og sluke det som er igjen i hans telt.
B1930
Alt mørke er opspart for hans vel gjemte skatter; en ild som intet menneske puster til, fortærer ham; den eter det som er igjen i hans telt.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Psalms 21:9

    You will place them in a fiery furnace at the time of Your appearing. In His wrath the LORD will engulf them, and the fire will consume them.

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  • Psalms 120:4

    Sharp arrows will come from the warrior, with burning coals of the broom tree!

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  • Isaiah 30:33

    For Topheth has long been prepared; it has been made ready for the king. Its funeral pyre is deep and wide, with plenty of fire and wood. The breath of the LORD, like a torrent of burning sulfur, sets it ablaze.

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  • Matthew 3:12

    His winnowing fork is in His hand to clear His threshing floor and to gather His wheat into the barn; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”

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  • Isaiah 8:22

    Then they will look to the earth and see only distress and darkness and the gloom of anguish. And they will be driven into utter darkness.

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  • Job 18:5–6

    Indeed, the lamp of the wicked is extinguished; the flame of his fire does not glow.

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  • Job 18:18–19

    He is driven from light into darkness and is chased from the inhabited world.

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  • Isaiah 14:20–22

    You will not join them in burial, since you have destroyed your land and slaughtered your own people. The offspring of the wicked will never again be mentioned.

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