Job 20:7
For when he shall seem to be now established, then he shall utterly perish: and they that knew him shall say, Where is he?
Brenton Septuagint
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
6although his gifts should go up to heaven, and his sacrifice reach the clouds.
8Like a dream that has fled away, he shall not be found; and he has fled like a vision of the night.
Cross References
Job 4:20And from morning to evening they no longer exist: they have perished, because they cannot help themselves.
Job 8:18If God should destroy him, his place shall deny him. Hast thou not seen such things,
Job 14:14For if a man should die, shall he live again, having accomplished the days of his life? I will wait till I exist again?
Psalms 41:5I remembered these things, and poured out my soul in me, for I will go to the place of thy wondrous tabernacle, even to the house of God, with a voice of exultation and thanksgiving and of the sound of those who keep festival. + 41:5 See Appendix.
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 →