Job 11:20

American Standard Version (1901)

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.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְעֵינֵ֥י רְשָׁעִ֗ים תִּ֫כְלֶ֥ינָה וּ֭מָנוֹס אָבַ֣ד מִנְהֶ֑ם וְ֝תִקְוָתָ֗ם מַֽפַּח־נָֽפֶשׁ׃

Transliteration

wə-ʿenē rəšaʿim tiklēnah u-manos ʾavad minhēm wə-tiqwatam mappaḥ-napeš

Grammar Details

• *wə-ʿenē*: conjunction + noun feminine dual construct - and eyes of
• *rəšaʿim*: adjective masculine plural - wicked ones
• *tiklēnah*: qal imperfect 3rd feminine plural - they will fail
• *u-manos*: conjunction + noun masculine singular - and refuge
• *ʾavad*: qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - has perished
• *minhēm*: preposition + 3rd masculine plural suffix - from them
• *wə-tiqwatam*: conjunction + noun feminine singular construct + 3rd masculine plural suffix - and their hope
• *mappaḥ*: noun masculine singular construct - breathing out of
• *napeš*: noun feminine singular - soul/life

Word Meanings

• *ʿenē*: eyes/sight
• *rəšaʿim*: wicked ones/evil people/unrighteous
• *tiklēnah*: fail/be consumed/waste away
• *manos*: refuge/escape/flight
• *ʾavad*: perish/be destroyed/be lost
• *tiqwatam*: their hope/their expectation
• *mappaḥ*-*napeš*: breathing out of soul/exhalation of life/expiring

Referenced Verses

• Deut 28:65 : 65 And among these nations shalt thou find no ease, and there shall be no rest for the sole of thy foot: but Jehovah will give thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and pining of soul;
• Job 17:5 : 5 He that denounceth his friends for a prey, Even the eyes of his children shall fail.
• Job 31:16 : 16 If I have withheld the poor from [their] desire, Or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,
• Job 34:22 : 22 There is no darkness, nor thick gloom, Where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.
• Ps 69:3 : 3 I am weary with my crying; my throat is dried: Mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.
• Prov 10:24 : 24 The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him; And the desire of the righteous shall be granted.
• Prov 20:20 : 20 Whoso curseth his father or his mother, His lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness.
• Lam 4:17 : 17 Our eyes do yet fail [in looking] for our vain help: In our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save.
• Amos 2:14 : 14 And flight shall perish from the swift; and the strong shall not strengthen his force; neither shall the mighty deliver himself;
• Amos 5:19-20 : 19 As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him. 20 Shall not the day of Jehovah be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?
• Amos 9:1-3 : 1 I saw the Lord standing beside the altar: and he said, Smite the capitals, that the thresholds may shake; and break them in pieces on the head of all of them; and I will slay the last of them with the sword: there shall not one of them flee away, and there shall not one of them escape. 2 Though they dig into Sheol, thence shall my hand take them; and though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down. 3 And though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out thence; and though they be hid from my sight in the bottom of the sea, thence will I command the serpent, and it shall bite them.
• Luke 16:23-26 : 23 And in Hades he lifted up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. 24 And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am in anguish in this flame. 25 But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and Lazarus in like manner evil things: but now here he is comforted, and thou art in anguish. 26 And besides all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed, that they that would pass from hence to you may not be able, and that none may cross over from thence to us.
• Heb 2:3 : 3 how shall we escape, if we neglect so great a salvation? which having at the first been spoken through the Lord, was confirmed unto us by them that heard;
• Job 18:14 : 14 He shall be rooted out of his tent where he trusteth; And he shall be brought to the king of terrors.
• Job 27:8 : 8 For what is the hope of the godless, though he get him gain, When God taketh away his soul?
• Job 27:22 : 22 For [God] shall hurl at him, and not spare: He would fain flee out of his hand.
• Job 8:13-14 : 13 So are the paths of all that forget God; And the hope of the godless man shall perish: 14 Whose confidence shall break in sunder, And whose trust is a spider's web.
• Lev 26:16 : 16 I also will do this unto you: I will appoint terror over you, even consumption and fever, that shall consume the eyes, and make the soul to pine away; and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.