Job 20:7

World English Bible (2000)

yet he shall perish forever like his own dung. Those who have seen him shall say, 'Where is he?'

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Kgs 14:10 : 10 therefore, behold, I will bring evil on the house of Jeroboam, and will cut off from Jeroboam everyone who urinates on a wall, he who is shut up and he who is left at large in Israel, and will utterly sweep away the house of Jeroboam, as a man sweeps away dung, until it is all gone.
  • 2 Kgs 9:37 : 37 and the body of Jezebel shall be as dung on the face of the field in the portion of Jezreel, so that they shall not say, "This is Jezebel."'"
  • Job 14:10 : 10 But man dies, and is laid low. Yes, man gives up the spirit, and where is he?
  • Ps 83:10 : 10 who perished at Endor, who became as dung for the earth.
  • Jer 8:2 : 2 and they shall spread them before the sun, and the moon, and all the army of the sky, which they have loved, and which they have served, and after which they have walked, and which they have sought, and which they have worshiped: they shall not be gathered, nor be buried, they shall be for dung on the surface of the earth.
  • Job 4:20 : 20 Between morning and evening they are destroyed. They perish forever without any regarding it.
  • Job 7:10 : 10 He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more.
  • Job 8:18 : 18 If he is destroyed from his place, then it shall deny him, saying, 'I have not seen you.'

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Job 20:8-9
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    8 He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found. Yes, he shall be chased away like a vision of the night.

    9 The eye which saw him shall see him no more, neither shall his place any more see him.

  • 6 Though his height mount up to the heavens, and his head reach to the clouds,

  • Job 18:14-20
    7 verses
    75%

    14 He shall be rooted out of his tent where he trusts. He shall be brought to the king of terrors.

    15 There shall dwell in his tent that which is none of his. Sulfur shall be scattered on his habitation.

    16 His roots shall be dried up beneath. Above shall his branch be cut off.

    17 His memory shall perish from the earth. He shall have no name in the street.

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

    19 He shall have neither son nor grandson among his people, nor any remaining where he lived.

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

  • Job 7:8-10
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    8 The eye of him who sees me shall see me no more. Your eyes shall be on me, but I shall not be.

    9 As the cloud is consumed and vanishes away, so he who goes down to Sheol shall come up no more.

    10 He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more.

  • Job 4:19-21
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    19 How much more, those who dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed before the moth!

    20 Between morning and evening they are destroyed. They perish forever without any regarding it.

    21 Isn't their tent cord plucked up within them? They die, and that without wisdom.'

  • Ps 49:19-20
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    19 he shall go to the generation of his fathers. They shall never see the light.

    20 A man who has riches without understanding, is like the animals that perish. A Psalm by Asaph.

  • 2 He comes forth like a flower, and is cut down. He also flees like a shadow, and doesn't continue.

  • Job 21:32-33
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    32 Yet he will be borne to the grave. Men shall keep watch over the tomb.

    33 The clods of the valley shall be sweet to him. All men shall draw after him, as there were innumerable before him.

  • Job 15:28-30
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    28 He has lived in desolate cities, in houses which no one inhabited, which were ready to become heaps.

    29 He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall their possessions be extended on the earth.

    30 He shall not depart out of darkness. The flame shall dry up his branches. By the breath of God's mouth shall he go away.

  • 12 But man, despite his riches, doesn't endure. He is like the animals that perish.

  • 36 But he passed away, and behold, he was not. Yes, I sought him, but he could not be found.

  • 20 The womb shall forget him. The worm shall feed sweetly on him. He shall be no more remembered. Unrighteousness shall be broken as a tree.

  • Job 33:21-22
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    21 His flesh is so consumed away, that it can't be seen. His bones that were not seen stick out.

    22 Yes, his soul draws near to the pit, and his life to the destroyers.

  • 17 For when he dies he shall carry nothing away. His glory shall not descend after him.

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

  • Job 20:26-27
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    26 All darkness is laid up for his treasures. An unfanned fire shall devour him. It shall consume that which is left in his tent.

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

  • 4 His spirit departs, and he returns to the earth. In that very day, his thoughts perish.

  • 10 The wicked will see it, and be grieved. He shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away. The desire of the wicked will perish.

  • 10 But man dies, and is laid low. Yes, man gives up the spirit, and where is he?

  • 19 He lies down rich, but he shall not do so again. He opens his eyes, and he is not.

  • 26 They lie down alike in the dust. The worm covers them.

  • Ps 52:5-6
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    5 God will likewise destroy you forever. He will take you up, and pluck you out of your tent, and root you out of the land of the living. Selah.

    6 The righteous also will see it, and fear, and laugh at him, saying,

  • 20 You forever prevail against him, and he departs. You change his face, and send him away.

  • 4 Man is like a breath. His days are like a shadow that passes away.

  • 15 all flesh would perish together, and man would turn again to dust.

  • 9 Behold, the hope of him is in vain. Won't one be cast down even at the sight of him?

  • 28 though I am decaying like a rotten thing, like a garment that is moth-eaten.

  • 20 Let his own eyes see his destruction. Let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty.

  • 6 The light shall be dark in his tent. His lamp above him shall be put out.

  • 10 who perished at Endor, who became as dung for the earth.

  • 22 Speak, Thus says Yahweh, The dead bodies of men shall fall as dung on the open field, and as the handful after the harvester; and none shall gather [them].

  • 19 He shall be buried with the burial of a donkey, drawn and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem.