Job 20:7
5 the triumph of the wicked has been brief and the joy of the godless momentary?
6 Though his arrogance reaches the heavens, and his head touches the clouds,
he will perish forever, like his own dung; those who had seen him will ask, ‘Where is he?’
8 He will fly away like a dream, never to be found; he will be chased away like a vision in the night.
9 The eye that saw him will see him no more, and his place will no longer behold him.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- he will perish forever, like his own dung; those who had seen him will ask, ‘Where is he?’
- KJV
- Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they which have seen him shall say, Where is he?
- WEB
- yet he will perish forever like his own dung. Those who have seen him will say, ‘Where is he?’
- ASV
- Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: They that have seen him shall say, Where is he?
- DARBY
- Like his own dung doth he perish for ever; they which have seen him shall say, Where is he?
- BLB
- like his dung, forever he will perish; those having seen him will say, ‘Where [is] he?’
- ÅB
- så går han dog slik som sitt skarn til grunne for evig; de som så ham, spør: Hvor er han?
- OTB
- vil han forsvinne for alltid som sitt eget avfall;
de som har sett ham vil si: 'Hvor er han?' - B1930
- så går han dog likesom sitt skarn til grunne for evig; de som så ham, spør: Hvor er han?
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Kings 14:10
Because of all this, behold, I am bringing disaster on the house of Jeroboam: I will cut off from Jeroboam every male, both slave and free, in Israel; I will burn up the house of Jeroboam as one burns up dung until it is gone!
Read in contextJob 4:20
They are smashed to pieces from dawn to dusk; unnoticed, they perish forever.
Read in context2 Kings 9:37
And Jezebel’s body will lie like dung in the field on the plot of ground at Jezreel, so that no one can say: This is Jezebel.’”
Read in contextPsalms 83:10
who perished at Endor and became like dung on the ground.
Read in contextJob 8:18
If he is uprooted from his place, it will disown him, saying, ‘I never saw you.’
Read in contextJob 14:10
But a man dies and is laid low; he breathes his last, and where is he?
Read in contextJob 7:10
He never returns to his house; his place remembers him no more.
Read in contextJeremiah 8:2
They will be exposed to the sun and moon, and to all the host of heaven which they have loved, served, followed, consulted, and worshiped. Their bones will not be gathered up or buried, but will become like dung lying on the ground.
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