Job 11:20

But the eyes of the impious will fade away, and the path to escape will perish before them, for the abomination of the soul is their hope.

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In The King James Version

But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope shall be as the giving up of the ghost.

In Context

19You will rest, and there will be nothing to make you afraid, and many will make requests before your face.

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Cross References

Leviticus 26:16then I also will do these things to you. I will quickly visit you with destitution, and burning heat, which will waste away your eyes, and consume your lives. In vain will you sow your seed, which will be devoured by your enemies.

Job 3:21who expect death, and it does not arrive, like those who dig for treasure

Job 8:13Just so are the ways of all who forget God, and the hope of the hypocrite will perish.

Job 18:14Let his confidence be torn away from his tabernacle, and let ruin trample over him like a king.

Job 27:22And it will hurl over him and will not spare him; fleeing from its power, he will go into exile.

Job 34:22There is no darkness and no shadow of death, where those who work iniquity may be hidden.

Matthew Henry on Job 11:14-20

13 If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him; 14 If iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles. 15 For then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; yea, thou shalt be stedfast, and shalt not fear: 16 Because thou shalt forget thy misery, and remember it as waters that pass away: 17 And thine age shall be clearer than the noonday; thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the morning. 18 And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yea,… Read the whole commentary →

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