Job 20:7
Like his own dung doth he perish for ever; they which have seen him shall say, Where is he?
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they which have seen him shall say, Where is he?
In Context
6Though his height mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds,
8He flieth away as a dream, and is not found; and is chased away as a vision of the night.
Cross References
1 Kings 14:10therefore behold, I will bring evil upon the house of Jeroboam, and will cut off from Jeroboam every male, him that is shut up and left in Israel, and will take away the house of Jeroboam, as a man taketh away dung, till it be all gone.
Job 4:20From morning to evening are they smitten: without any heeding it, they perish for ever.
Job 8:18If he destroy him from his place, then it shall deny him: I have not seen thee!
Job 14:14(If a man die, shall he live [again]?) all the days of my time of toil would I wait, till my change should come:
Psalms 41:5Mine enemies wish me evil: When will he die, and his name perish?
Psalms 112:10The wicked [man] shall see [it] and be vexed; he shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away: the desire of the wicked shall perish.
Matthew Henry on Job 20:2-10
Second Address of Zophar; Destruction of the Wicked. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said, 2 Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for this I make haste. 3 I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer. 4 Knowest thou not this of old, since man was placed upon earth, 5 That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment? 6 Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto… Read the whole commentary →