Job 11:20
But the eyes of the wicked shall decay, and the way to escape shall fail them, and their hope the abomination of the soul.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
19Thou shalt rest, and there shall be none to make thee afraid: and many shall entreat thy face.
Cross References
Leviticus 26:16I also will do these things to you: I will quickly visit you with poverty, and burning heat, which shall waste your eyes, and consume your lives. You shall sow your seed in vain, which shall be devoured by your enemies.
Job 3:21That look for death, and it cometh not, as they that dig for a treasure:
Job 8:13Even so are the ways of all that forget God, and the hope of the hypocrite shall perish:
Job 18:14Let his confidence be rooted out of his tabernacle, and let destruction tread upon him like a king.
Job 27:22And he shall cast upon him, and shall not spare: out of his hand he would willingly flee.
Job 34:22There is no darkness, and there is no shadow of death, where they may be hid who work iniquity.
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 →