Job 15:20

Bible in Basic English (1941)

The evil man is in pain all his days, and the number of the years stored up for the cruel is small.

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  • Job 24:1 : 1 Why are times not stored up by the Ruler of all, and why do those who have knowledge of him not see his days?
  • Job 27:13 : 13 This is the punishment of the evil-doer from God, and the heritage given to the cruel by the Ruler of all.
  • Ps 90:3-4 : 3 You send man back to his dust; and say, Go back, you children of men. 4 For to you a thousand years are no more than yesterday when it is past, and like a watch in the night.
  • Ps 90:12 : 12 So give us knowledge of the number of our days, that we may get a heart of wisdom.
  • Eccl 9:3 : 3 This is evil in all things which are done under the sun: that there is one fate for all, and the hearts of the sons of men are full of evil; while they have life their hearts are foolish, and after that--to the dead.
  • Luke 12:19-21 : 19 And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have a great amount of goods in store, enough for a number of years; be at rest, take food and wine and be happy. 20 But God said to him, You foolish one, tonight I will take your soul from you, and who then will be the owner of all the things which you have got together? 21 So that is what comes to the man who gets wealth for himself, and has not wealth in the eyes of God.
  • Rom 8:22 : 22 For we are conscious that all living things are weeping and sorrowing in pain together till now.
  • Jas 5:1-6 : 1 Come now, you men of wealth, give yourselves to weeping and crying because of the bitter troubles which are coming to you. 2 Your wealth is unclean and insects have made holes in your clothing. 3 Your gold and your silver are wasted and their waste will be a witness against you, burning into your flesh. You have put by your store in the last days. 4 See, the money which you falsely kept back from the workers cutting the grass in your field, is crying out against you; and the cries of those who took in your grain have come to the ears of the Lord of armies. 5 You have been living delicately on earth and have taken your pleasure; you have made your hearts fat for a day of destruction. 6 You have given your decision against the upright man and have put him to death. He puts up no fight against you.

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    11Unhappy is the sinner! for the reward of his evil doings will come on him.

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    13This is the punishment of the evil-doer from God, and the heritage given to the cruel by the Ruler of all.

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    13But it will not be well for the evil-doer; he will not make his days long like a shade, because he has no fear before God.

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    22Only his flesh still has pain, and his soul is sad.

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    19Pain is sent on him as a punishment, while he is on his bed; there is no end to the trouble in his bones;

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    24He is greatly in fear of the dark day, trouble and pain overcome him:

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    14That man is a worker of evil; the seed of wrongdoing has given birth to deceit.

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    12The sinner has evil designs against the upright, lifting up the voice of wrath against him.

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