Job 11:20
But the eyes of the wicked will fail, they will not be able to escape, and their only hope is in death.”
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In Context
19You will lie down to sleep with no one to frighten you, and many will come asking for your favor.
Cross References
Leviticus 26:16then this is what I am going to do to you: I will make you panic, and suffer from diseases like tuberculosis and fever that make you blind and drain your life away. It will be pointless for you to sow seed in your fields because your enemies will eat the harvest.
Job 3:21those who are waiting for death that does not come and who are looking for death more desperately than hunting for treasure?
Job 8:13This is what happens to everyone who forgets God. The hopes of those who live without God come to nothing.
Job 18:14They are torn from the homes they trusted in and taken to the king of terrors.
Job 27:22The wind blows at them with full force; they try desperately to escape.
Job 34:22There is no darkness so deep where people who do evil can hide themselves from him.
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 →