Job 20:7
5 That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?
6 Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds;
Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they which have seen him shall say, Where is he?
8 He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.
9 The eye also which saw him shall see him no more; neither shall his place any more 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
Therefore, behold, I will bring evil upon the house of Jeroboam, and will cut off from Jeroboam him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel, and will take away the remnant of the house of Jeroboam, as a man taketh away dung, till it be all gone.
Read in contextJob 4:20
They are destroyed from morning to evening: they perish for ever without any regarding it.
Read in context2 Kings 9:37
And the carcase of Jezebel shall be as dung upon the face of the field in the portion of Jezreel; so that they shall not say, This is Jezebel.
Read in contextPsalms 83:10
Which perished at Endor: they became as dung for the earth.
Read in contextJob 8:18
If he destroy him from his place, then it shall deny him, saying, I have not seen thee.
Read in contextJob 14:10
But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?
Read in contextJob 7:10
He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more.
Read in contextJeremiah 8:2
And they shall spread them before the sun, and the moon, and all the host of heaven, whom they have loved, and whom they have served, and after whom they have walked, and whom they have sought, and whom they have worshipped: they shall not be gathered, nor be buried; they shall be for dung upon the face of the earth.
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