Job 20:26

KJV1611 – Modern English

Total darkness is reserved for his treasures; a fire not blown shall consume him; it shall go ill with the one who remains in his tent.

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Other Translations

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    Total darkness is hidden for his treasures; a fire not kindled by man will consume him and devour what remains in his tent.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    All darkness shall be hid in his secret places: a fire not blown shall consume him; it shall go ill with him that is left in his tabernacle.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    All darkness{H2822} is laid{H2934} up for his treasures:{H6845} A fire{H784} not blown{H5301} [by man] shall devour{H398} him; It shall consume{H3415} that which is left{H8300} in his tent.{H168}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    All darkness{H2822} shall be hid{H2934}{(H8803)} in his secret places{H6845}{(H8803)}: a fire{H784} not blown{H5301}{(H8795)} shall consume{H398}{(H8762)} him; it shall go ill{H3415}{(H8799)} with him that is left{H8300} in his tabernacle{H168}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    There shal no darcknes be able to hyde him. An vnkyndled fyre shal consume him, and loke what remayneth in his house, it shall be destroyed.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    All darkenes shalbe hid in his secret places: the fire that is not blowen, shall deuoure him, and that which remaineth in his tabernacle, shalbe destroyed.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    All darknesse shalbe hid in their secrete places, an vnkindled fire shal consume him: and loke what remaineth in his house, it shalbe destroyed.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    All darkness [shall be] hid in his secret places: a fire not blown shall consume him; it shall go ill with him that is left in his tabernacle.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    All darkness is laid up for his treasures. An unfanned fire shall devour him. It shall consume that which is left in his tent.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    All darkness is hid for his treasures, Consume him doth a fire not blown, Broken is the remnant in his tent.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    All darkness is laid up for his treasures: A fire not blown `by man' shall devour him; It shall consume that which is left in his tent.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    All darkness is laid up for his treasures: A fire not blown [by man] shall devour him; It shall consume that which is left in his tent.

  • 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.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    All darkness is laid up for his treasures. An unfanned fire shall devour him. It shall consume that which is left in his tent.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Total darkness waits to receive his treasures; a fire which has not been kindled will consume him and devour what is left in his tent.

Referenced Verses

  • Ps 21:9 : 9 You shall make them as a fiery oven in the time of your anger: the LORD shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall consume them.
  • Ps 109:9-9 : 9 Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow. 10 Let his children be continually wanderers and beg; let them seek their bread also from their desolate places. 11 Let the extortioner seize all that he has, and let strangers plunder his labor. 12 Let there be none to extend kindness to him, nor let there be any to favor his fatherless children. 13 Let his posterity be cut off; in the following generation let their name be blotted out. 14 Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered by the LORD, and let not the sin of his mother be wiped out. 15 Let them be before the LORD continually, that he may cut off their memory from the earth.
  • Ps 120:4 : 4 Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.
  • Isa 8:22 : 22 And they shall look to the earth; and behold trouble and darkness, the gloom of anguish; and they shall be driven into darkness.
  • Isa 14:20-22 : 20 You will not be joined with them in burial, because you have destroyed your land, and slain your people: the seed of evildoers will never be renowned. 21 Prepare slaughter for his children for the iniquity of their fathers; that they do not rise, nor possess the land, nor fill the face of the world with cities. 22 For I will rise up against them, says the LORD of hosts, and cut off from Babylon the name, and remnant, and son, and nephew, says the LORD.
  • Isa 30:33 : 33 For Tophet is ordained of old; yes, for the king it is prepared; he has made it deep and large: the pile thereof is fire and much wood; the breath of the LORD, like a stream of brimstone, kindles it.
  • Matt 3:12 : 12 His winnowing fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the barn; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.
  • Matt 8:12 : 12 But the children of the kingdom will be cast out into outer darkness: there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
  • Jude 1:13 : 13 Raging waves of the sea, foaming up their own shame; wandering stars for whom is reserved the blackness of darkness forever.
  • Job 18:5-6 : 5 Indeed, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine. 6 The light shall be dark in his dwelling, and his lamp shall be put out with him.
  • Job 18:18-19 : 18 He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world. 19 He shall neither have son nor descendant among his people, nor any remaining in his dwellings.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Job 18:5-7
    3 verses
    83%

    5 Indeed, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine.

    6 The light shall be dark in his dwelling, and his lamp shall be put out with him.

    7 The steps of his strength shall be shortened, and his own counsel shall cast him down.

  • Job 20:27-28
    2 verses
    82%

    27 The heavens shall reveal his iniquity, and the earth shall rise up against him.

    28 The increase of his house shall depart, and his goods shall flow away in the day of God's wrath.

  • Job 15:28-30
    3 verses
    81%

    28 And he dwells in desolate cities, and in houses which no one inhabits, which are ready to become heaps.

    29 He shall not be rich, nor shall his wealth continue, nor shall he prolong the perfection of it upon the earth.

    30 He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of his mouth he shall go away.

  • Job 18:12-16
    5 verses
    79%

    12 His strength shall be weakened by hunger, and destruction shall be ready at his side.

    13 It shall consume the strength of his skin: even the firstborn of death shall consume his strength.

    14 His confidence shall be uprooted from his dwelling, and it shall bring him to the king of terrors.

    15 It shall dwell in his tent, because it is no longer his: brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.

    16 His roots shall be dried up below, and above his branch shall be cut off.

  • Job 18:18-20
    3 verses
    77%

    18 He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.

    19 He shall neither have son nor descendant among his people, nor any remaining in his dwellings.

    20 Those who come after him shall be astonished at his day, as those who went before were terrified.

  • Job 20:20-25
    6 verses
    77%

    20 Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save anything of what he desired.

    21 None of his food shall be left; therefore no one shall look for his goods.

    22 In the fullness of his sufficiency he shall be in distress; every hand of the wicked shall come upon him.

    23 When he is about to fill his belly, God shall cast the fury of His wrath upon him, and shall rain it upon him while he is eating.

    24 He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of bronze shall strike him through.

    25 It is drawn, and comes out of the body; yes, the glittering sword comes out of his gall; terrors are upon him.

  • Ps 18:11
    75%

    11 He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion around him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.

  • Job 22:20
    75%

    20 Our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the fire consumes.

  • Job 3:5
    75%

    5 Let darkness and the shadow of death claim it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let blackness of the day terrify it.

  • Job 27:20
    74%

    20 Terrors overtake him like waters; a tempest steals him away in the night.

  • Job 27:22
    74%

    22 For God will hurl upon him, and not spare; he would gladly flee out of His hand.

  • Job 34:22
    73%

    22 There is no darkness nor shadow of death where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.

  • Nah 1:8
    73%

    8 But with an overflowing flood he will make an utter end of its place, and darkness shall pursue his enemies.

  • Prov 24:20
    73%

    20 For there shall be no reward for the evil man; the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.

  • Isa 9:18
    73%

    18 For wickedness burns like the fire; it will devour the briers and thorns and will kindle in the thickets of the forest, and they will mount up like the lifting up of smoke.

  • 2 Sam 22:9
    73%

    9 Smoke went up from his nostrils, and fire from his mouth devoured; coals were kindled by it.

  • Job 41:21
    73%

    21 His breath kindles coals, and a flame goes out of his mouth.

  • 2 Sam 22:12-13
    2 verses
    73%

    12 And he made darkness canopies around him, dark waters, and thick clouds of the skies.

    13 Through the brightness before him were coals of fire kindled.

  • Job 20:8
    73%

    8 He shall fly away like a dream and shall not be found; yes, he shall be chased away like a vision of the night.

  • Job 31:12
    73%

    12 For it is a fire that consumes to destruction, and would root out all my increase.

  • Amos 5:20
    73%

    20 Shall not the day of the LORD be darkness, and not light? even very dark, with no brightness in it?

  • Ps 97:3
    72%

    3 A fire goes before him and burns up his enemies all around.

  • Eccl 6:4
    72%

    4 For it comes in vanity and departs in darkness, and its name is covered with darkness.

  • Job 22:11
    72%

    11 Or darkness, that you cannot see; and an abundance of waters covers you.

  • Job 21:20
    72%

    20 His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty.

  • Job 15:24
    72%

    24 Trouble and anguish make him afraid; they prevail against him, as a king ready for battle.

  • Job 26:6
    72%

    6 Hell is naked before Him, and destruction has no covering.

  • Job 20:11
    72%

    11 His bones are full of the sin of his youth, which shall lie down with him in the dust.

  • Job 37:20
    72%

    20 Shall it be told him that I speak? If a man speaks, surely he shall be swallowed up.

  • Job 12:22
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    22 He reveals deep things out of darkness, and brings out to light the shadow of death.

  • Isa 50:11
    72%

    11 Behold, all you who kindle a fire, who encompass yourselves with sparks: walk in the light of your fire, and in the sparks that you have kindled. This you shall have of my hand; you shall lie down in sorrow.

  • Job 15:22
    72%

    22 He does not believe that he shall return out of darkness, and he is marked for the sword.

  • Ps 11:6
    72%

    6 Upon the wicked He shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and a horrible tempest; this shall be the portion of their cup.