Job 20:7

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

he will perish forever, like his own excrement; those who used to see him will say,‘Where is he?’

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Kgs 14:10 : 10 So I am ready to bring disaster on the dynasty of Jeroboam. I will cut off every last male belonging to Jeroboam in Israel, including even the weak and incapacitated. I will burn up the dynasty of Jeroboam, just as one burns manure until it is completely consumed.
  • 2 Kgs 9:37 : 37 Jezebel’s corpse will be like manure on the surface of the ground in the plot of land at Jezreel. People will not be able to even recognize her.’”
  • Job 14:10 : 10 But man dies and is powerless; he expires– and where is he?
  • Ps 83:10 : 10 They were destroyed at En Dor; their corpses were like manure on the ground.
  • Jer 8:2 : 2 They will be spread out and exposed to the sun, the moon and the stars. These are things they adored and served, things to which they paid allegiance, from which they sought guidance, and worshiped. The bones of these people will never be regathered and reburied. They will be like manure used to fertilize the ground.
  • Job 4:20 : 20 They are destroyed between morning and evening; they perish forever without anyone regarding it.
  • Job 7:10 : 10 He returns no more to his house, nor does his place of residence know him any more.
  • Job 8:18 : 18 If he is uprooted from his place, then that place will disown him, saying,‘I have never seen you!’

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  • Job 20:8-9
    2 verses
    86%

    8Like a dream he flies away, never again to be found, and like a vision of the night he is put to flight.

    9People who had seen him will not see him again, and the place where he was will recognize him no longer.

  • Job 20:6
    78%

    6Even though his stature reaches to the heavens and his head touches the clouds,

  • Job 18:14-20
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    75%

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

    15Fire resides in his tent; over his residence burning sulfur is scattered.

    16Below his roots dry up, and his branches wither above.

    17His memory perishes from the earth, he has no name in the land.

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

    19He has neither children nor descendants among his people, no survivor in those places he once stayed.

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

  • Job 7:8-10
    3 verses
    74%

    8The eye of him who sees me now will see me no more; your eyes will look for me, but I will be gone.

    9As a cloud is dispersed and then disappears, so the one who goes down to the grave does not come up again.

    10He returns no more to his house, nor does his place of residence know him any more.

  • Job 4:19-21
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    74%

    19how much more to those who live in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed like a moth?

    20They are destroyed between morning and evening; they perish forever without anyone regarding it.

    21Is not their excess wealth taken away from them? They die, yet without attaining wisdom.

  • Ps 49:19-20
    2 verses
    73%

    19But he will join his ancestors; they will never again see the light of day.

    20Wealthy people do not understand; they are like animals that perish.

  • Job 14:2
    73%

    2He grows up like a flower and then withers away; he flees like a shadow, and does not remain.

  • Job 21:32-33
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    73%

    32And when he is carried to the tombs, and watch is kept over the funeral mound,

    33The clods of the torrent valley are sweet to him; behind him everybody follows in procession, and before him goes a countless throng.

  • Job 15:28-30
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    73%

    28he lived in ruined towns and in houses where no one lives, where they are ready to crumble into heaps.

    29He will not grow rich, and his wealth will not endure, nor will his possessions spread over the land.

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

  • Ps 49:12
    73%

    12but, despite their wealth, people do not last, they are like animals that perish.

  • Ps 37:36
    72%

    36But then one passes by, and suddenly they have disappeared! I looked for them, but they could not be found.

  • Job 24:20
    72%

    20The womb forgets him, the worm feasts on him, no longer will he be remembered. Like a tree, wickedness will be broken down.

  • Job 33:21-22
    2 verses
    72%

    21His flesh wastes away from sight, and his bones, which were not seen, are easily visible.

    22He draws near to the place of corruption, and his life to the messengers of death.

  • Ps 49:17
    71%

    17For he will take nothing with him when he dies; his wealth will not follow him down into the grave.

  • Job 20:11
    71%

    11His bones were full of his youthful vigor, but that vigor will lie down with him in the dust.

  • Job 20:26-27
    2 verses
    71%

    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.

    27The heavens reveal his iniquity; the earth rises up against him.

  • Ps 146:4
    71%

    4Their life’s breath departs, they return to the ground; on that day their plans die.

  • Ps 112:10
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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.

  • Job 14:10
    71%

    10But man dies and is powerless; he expires– and where is he?

  • Job 27:19
    71%

    19He goes to bed wealthy, but will do so no more. When he opens his eyes, it is all gone.

  • Job 21:26
    71%

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

  • Ps 52:5-6
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    5Yet God will make you a permanent heap of ruins. He will scoop you up and remove you from your home; he will uproot you from the land of the living.(Selah)

    6When the godly see this, they will be filled with awe, and will mock the evildoer, saying:

  • Job 14:20
    71%

    20You overpower him once for all, and he departs; you change his appearance and send him away.

  • Ps 144:4
    70%

    4People are like a vapor, their days like a shadow that disappears.

  • Job 34:15
    70%

    15all flesh would perish together and human beings would return to dust.

  • Job 41:9
    70%

    9(41:1) See, his expectation is wrong, he is laid low even at the sight of it.

  • Job 13:28
    70%

    28So I waste away like something rotten, like a garment eaten by moths.

  • Job 21:20
    70%

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

  • Job 18:6
    69%

    6The light in his tent grows dark; his lamp above him is extinguished.

  • Ps 83:10
    69%

    10They were destroyed at En Dor; their corpses were like manure on the ground.

  • Jer 9:22
    69%

    22Tell your daughters and neighbors,‘The LORD says,“The dead bodies of people will lie scattered everywhere like manure scattered on a field. They will lie scattered on the ground like grain that has been cut down but has not been gathered.”’”

  • Jer 22:19
    69%

    19He will be left unburied just like a dead donkey. His body will be dragged off and thrown outside the gates of Jerusalem.’”