Job 11:20

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

But the eyes of the wicked fail, and escape eludes them; their one hope is to breathe their last.”

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Referenced Verses

  • Deut 28:65 : 65 Among those nations you will have no rest nor will there be a place of peaceful rest for the soles of your feet, for there the LORD will give you an anxious heart, failing eyesight, and a spirit of despair.
  • Job 17:5 : 5 If a man denounces his friends for personal gain, the eyes of his children will fail.
  • Job 31:16 : 16 If I have refused to give the poor what they desired, or caused the eyes of the widow to fail,
  • Job 34:22 : 22 There is no darkness, and no deep darkness, where evildoers can hide themselves.
  • Ps 69:3 : 3 I am exhausted from shouting for help; my throat is sore; my eyes grow tired of looking for my God.
  • Prov 10:24 : 24 What the wicked fears will come on him; what the righteous desire will be granted.
  • Prov 20:20 : 20 The one who curses his father and his mother, his lamp will be extinguished in the blackest darkness.
  • Lam 4:17 : 17 ע(Ayin)The People of Jerusalem Lament: Our eyes continually failed us as we looked in vain for help. From our watchtowers we watched for a nation that could not rescue us.
  • Amos 2:14 : 14 Fast runners will find no place to hide; strong men will have no strength left; warriors will not be able to save their lives.
  • Amos 5:19-20 : 19 Disaster will be inescapable, as if a man ran from a lion only to meet a bear, then escaped into a house, leaned his hand against the wall, and was bitten by a poisonous snake. 20 Don’t you realize the LORD’s day of judgment will bring darkness, not light– gloomy blackness, not bright light?
  • Amos 9:1-3 : 1 I saw the Lord standing by the altar and he said,“Strike the tops of the support pillars, so the thresholds shake! Knock them down on the heads of all the people, and I will kill the survivors with the sword. No one will be able to run away; no one will be able to escape. 2 Even if they could dig down into the netherworld, my hand would pull them up from there. Even if they could climb up to heaven, I would drag them down from there. 3 Even if they were to hide on the top of Mount Carmel, I would hunt them down and take them from there. Even if they tried to hide from me at the bottom of the sea, from there I would command the Sea Serpent to bite them.
  • Luke 16:23-26 : 23 And in Hades, as he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham far off with Lazarus at his side. 24 So he called out,‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am in anguish in this fire.’ 25 But Abraham said,‘Child, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things and Lazarus likewise bad things, but now he is comforted here and you are in anguish. 26 Besides all this, a great chasm has been fixed between us, so that those who want to cross over from here to you cannot do so, and no one can cross from there to us.’
  • Heb 2:3 : 3 how will we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? It was first communicated through the Lord and was confirmed to us by those who heard him,
  • Job 18:14 : 14 He is dragged from the security of his tent, and marched off to the king of terrors.
  • Job 27:8 : 8 For what hope does the godless have when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?
  • Job 27:22 : 22 It hurls itself against him without pity as he flees headlong from its power.
  • Job 8:13-14 : 13 Such is the destiny of all who forget God; the hope of the godless perishes, 14 whose trust is in something futile, whose security is a spider’s web.
  • Lev 26:16 : 16 I for my part will do this to you: I will inflict horror on you, consumption and fever, which diminish eyesight and drain away the vitality of life. You will sow your seed in vain because your enemies will eat it.

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    32An evil person will be thrown down through his wickedness, but a righteous person takes refuge in his integrity.

  • Job 20:8-9
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    8Like a dream he flies away, never again to be found, and like a vision of the night he is put to flight.

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    10When the wicked see this, they will worry; they will grind their teeth in frustration and melt away; the desire of the wicked will perish.

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    13Such is the destiny of all who forget God; the hope of the godless perishes,

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  • Job 18:5-6
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    5“Yes, the lamp of the wicked is extinguished; his flame of fire does not shine.

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    20Let his own eyes see his destruction; let him drink of the anger of the Almighty.

  • Job 17:15-16
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    15where then is my hope? And my hope, who sees it?

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  • Eccl 8:13
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    13But it will not go well with the wicked, nor will they prolong their days like a shadow, because they do not stand in fear before God.

  • Prov 24:20
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    20for the evil person has no future, and the lamp of the wicked will be extinguished.

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    8For what hope does the godless have when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?

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    7Remember that my life is but a breath, that my eyes will never again see happiness.

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  • Job 27:19-20
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    19He goes to bed wealthy, but will do so no more. When he opens his eyes, it is all gone.

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    18Look, the LORD takes notice of his loyal followers, those who wait for him to demonstrate his faithfulness

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    7The violence done by the wicked will drag them away because they have refused to do what is right.

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    23May their eyes be blinded! Make them shake violently!

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    17ע(Ayin)The People of Jerusalem Lament: Our eyes continually failed us as we looked in vain for help. From our watchtowers we watched for a nation that could not rescue us.

  • Job 18:18
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    18He is driven from light into darkness and is banished from the world.

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    30He will not escape the darkness; a flame will wither his shoots and he will depart by the breath of God’s mouth.

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    18For surely there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off.

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    20They were distressed, because each one had been so confident; they arrived there, but were disappointed.

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    8Certainly you will see it with your very own eyes– you will see the wicked paid back.

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    16Thus the poor have hope, and iniquity shuts its mouth.

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    18Caravans turn aside from their routes; they go into the wasteland and perish.

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    29while seeing false visions for you and reading lying omens for you– to place that sword on the necks of the profane wicked, whose day has come, the time of final punishment.

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    23God may let them rest in a feeling of security, but he is constantly watching all their ways.

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    14Fast runners will find no place to hide; strong men will have no strength left; warriors will not be able to save their lives.

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    26Total darkness waits to receive his treasures; a fire which has not been kindled will consume him and devour what is left in his tent.

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    20People of the west are appalled at his fate; people of the east are seized with horror, saying,

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    21Evil people self-destruct; those who hate the godly are punished.

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    16But their prosperity is not their own doing. The counsel of the wicked is far from me!

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    20In a moment they die, in the middle of the night, people are shaken and they pass away. The mighty are removed effortlessly.

  • Ps 37:20
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    20But evil men will die; the LORD’s enemies will be incinerated– they will go up in smoke.

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    14He is dragged from the security of his tent, and marched off to the king of terrors.

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    17For all of them, the morning is to them like deep darkness; they are friends with the terrors of darkness.

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    26Together they lie down in the dust, and worms cover over them both.

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    22There is no darkness, and no deep darkness, where evildoers can hide themselves.

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    15May death destroy them! May they go down alive into Sheol! For evil is in their dwelling place and in their midst.