Job 11:20

“But the eyes of the wicked shall faile, and they shall not escape, and their hope shall be as the giuing vp of the ghost.”

1611 King James Version (KJV)




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Other Translations for Job 11:20

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.
- King James Version

"But the eyes of the wicked will fail, And there will be no escape for them; And their hope is to breathe their last."
- New American Standard Version (1995)

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.
- American Standard Version (1901)

But the eyes of the evil-doers will be wasting away; their way of flight is gone, and their only hope is the taking of their last breath.
- Basic English Bible

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.
- Darby Bible

But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope shall be as the expiration of the breath.
- Webster's Bible

But the eyes of the wicked shall fail. They shall have no way to flee. Their hope shall be the giving up of the spirit."
- World English Bible

And the eyes of the wicked are consumed, And refuge hath perished from them, And their hope [is] a breathing out of soul!
- Youngs Literal Bible

But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall have no way to flee, and their hope shall be the drooping of the soul.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible

Commentary for Job 11:20

Wesley's Notes for Job 11:20

11:20 Fail - Either with grief and tears for their sore calamities: or with long looking for what they shall never attain. Their hope - They shall never obtain deliverance out of their distresses, but shall perish in them. Ghost - Shall be as vain and desperate as the hope of life is in a man, when he is at the very point of death.


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