Job 20:26

Bible in Basic English (1941)

All his wealth is stored up for the dark: a fire not made by man sends destruction on him, and on everything in his tent.

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  • Ps 21:9 : 9 You will make them like a flaming oven before you; the Lord in his wrath will put an end to them, and they will be burned up in the fire.
  • Ps 109:9-9 : 9 Let his children have no father, and his wife be made a widow. 10 Let his children be wanderers, looking to others for their food; let them be sent away from the company of their friends. 11 Let his creditor take all his goods; and let others have the profit of his work. 12 Let no man have pity on him, or give help to his children when he is dead. 13 Let his seed be cut off; in the coming generation let their name go out of memory. 14 Let the Lord keep in mind the wrongdoing of his fathers; and may the sin of his mother have no forgiveness. 15 Let them be ever before the eyes of the Lord, so that the memory of them may be cut off from the earth.
  • Ps 120:4 : 4 Sharp arrows of the strong, and burning fire.
  • Isa 8:22 : 22 And he will be looking down on the earth, and there will be trouble and dark clouds, black night where there is no seeing.
  • Isa 14:20-22 : 20 As for your fathers, you will not be united with them in their resting-place, because you have been the cause of destruction to your land, and of death to your people; the seed of the evil-doer will have no place in the memory of man. 21 Make ready a place of death for his children, because of the evil-doing of their father; so that they may not come up and take the earth for their heritage, covering the face of the world with waste places. 22 For I will come up against them, says the Lord of armies, cutting off from Babylon name and offspring, son and son's son, says the Lord.
  • Isa 30:33 : 33 For a place of fire has long been ready; yes, it has been made ready for the king; he has made it deep and wide: it is massed with fire and much wood; the breath of the Lord, like a stream of fire, puts a light to it.
  • Matt 3:12 : 12 In whose hand is the instrument with which he will make clean his grain; he will put the good grain in his store, but the waste will be burned up in the fire which will never be put out.
  • Matt 8:12 : 12 But the sons of the kingdom will be put out into the dark, and there will be weeping and cries of pain.
  • Jude 1:13 : 13 Violent waves of the sea, streaming with their shame, wandering stars for whom the darkest night is kept in store for ever.
  • Job 18:5-6 : 5 For the light of the sinner is put out, and the flame of his fire is not shining. 6 The light is dark in his tent, and the light shining over him is put out.
  • Job 18:18-19 : 18 He is sent away from the light into the dark; he is forced out of the world. 19 He has no offspring or family among his people, and in his living-place there is no one of his name.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Job 18:5-7
    3 verses
    83%

    5 For the light of the sinner is put out, and the flame of his fire is not shining.

    6 The light is dark in his tent, and the light shining over him is put out.

    7 The steps of his strength become short, and by his design destruction overtakes him.

  • Job 20:27-28
    2 verses
    82%

    27 The heavens make clear his sin, and the earth gives witness against him.

    28 The produce of his house is taken away into another country, like things given into the hands of others in the day of wrath.

  • Job 15:28-30
    3 verses
    81%

    28 And he has made his resting-place in the towns which have been pulled down, in houses where no man had a right to be, whose fate was to become masses of broken walls.

    29 He does not get wealth for himself, and is unable to keep what he has got; the heads of his grain are not bent down to the earth.

    30 He does not come out of the dark; his branches are burned by the flame, and the wind takes away his bud.

  • Job 18:12-16
    5 verses
    79%

    12 His strength is made feeble for need of food, and destruction is waiting for his falling footstep.

    13 His skin is wasted by disease, and his body is food for the worst of diseases.

    14 He is pulled out of his tent where he was safe, and he is taken away to the king of fears.

    15 In his tent will be seen that which is not his, burning stone is dropped on his house.

    16 Under the earth his roots are dry, and over it his branch is cut off.

  • Job 18:18-20
    3 verses
    77%

    18 He is sent away from the light into the dark; he is forced out of the world.

    19 He has no offspring or family among his people, and in his living-place there is no one of his name.

    20 At his fate those of the west are shocked, and those of the east are overcome with fear.

  • Job 20:20-25
    6 verses
    77%

    20 There is no peace for him in his wealth, and no salvation for him in those things in which he took delight.

    21 He had never enough for his desire; for this cause his well-being will quickly come to an end.

    22 Even when his wealth is great, he is full of care, for the hand of everyone who is in trouble is turned against him.

    23 God gives him his desire, and sends the heat of his wrath on him, making it come down on him like rain.

    24 He may go in flight from the iron spear, but the arrow from the bow of brass will go through him;

    25 He is pulling it out, and it comes out of his back; and its shining point comes out of his side; he is overcome by fears.

  • 11 He made the dark his secret place; his tent round him was the dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.

  • 20 Saying, Truly, their substance is cut off, and their wealth is food for the fire.

  • 5 Let the dark and the black night take it for themselves; let it be covered with a cloud; let the dark shades of day send fear on it.

  • 20 Fears overtake him like rushing waters; in the night the storm-wind takes him away.

  • 22 God sends his arrows against him without mercy; he goes in flight before his hand.

  • 22 There is no dark place, and no thick cloud, in which the workers of evil may take cover.

  • 8 But like water overflowing he will take them away; he will put an end to those who come up against him, driving his haters into the dark.

  • 20 For there will be no future for the evil man; the light of sinners will be put out.

  • 18 For evil was burning like a fire; the blackberries and thorns were burned up; the thick woods took fire, rolling up in dark clouds of smoke.

  • 9 There went up a smoke from his nose, and a fire of destruction from his mouth: coals were lighted by it.

  • 21 Under him are sharp edges of broken pots: as if he was pulling a grain-crushing instrument over the wet earth.

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    12 And he made the dark his tent round him, a mass of waters, thick clouds of the skies.

    13 Before his shining light his dark clouds went past, raining ice and coals of fire.

  • 8 He is gone like a dream, and is not seen again; he goes in flight like a vision of the night.

  • 12 It would be a fire burning even to destruction, and taking away all my produce.

  • 20 Will not the day of the Lord be dark and not light? even very dark, with no light shining in it?

  • 3 Fire goes before him, burning up all those who are against him round about.

  • 4 In wind it came and to the dark it will go, and with the dark will its name be covered.

  • 11 Your light is made dark so that you are unable to see, and you are covered by a mass of waters.

  • 20 Let his eyes see his trouble, and let him be full of the wrath of the Ruler of all!

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

  • 6 The underworld is uncovered before him, and Destruction has no veil.

  • 11 His bones are full of young strength, but it will go down with him into the dust.

  • 20 How may he have knowledge of my desire for talk with him? or did any man ever say, May destruction come on me?

  • 22 Uncovering deep things out of the dark, and making the deep shade bright;

  • 11 See, all you who make a fire, arming yourselves with burning branches: go in the flame of your fire, and among the branches you have put a light to. This will you have from my hand, you will make your bed in sorrow.

  • 22 He has no hope of coming safe out of the dark, and his fate will be the sword;

  • 6 On the evil-doer he will send down fire and flames, and a burning wind; with these will their cup be full.