Job 20:7

For when he shall seem to be now established, 1 Then he shall utterly perish: 1 And they that knew him shall say, Where is he? 1

Updated 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, 1 And his sacrifice reach the clouds. 1

8Like a dream that has fled away, he shall not be found; 1 And he has fled like a vision of the night. 1

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Cross References

Job 4:20And from morning to evening they no longer exist: 1 They have perished, because they cannot help themselves. 1

Job 8:18If God should destroy him, his place shall deny him. 1 Hast thou not seen such things, 1

Job 14:14For if a man should die, shall he live again, 1 Having accomplished the days of his life? 1 I will wait till I exist again? 1

Psalms 41:5I remembered these things, and poured out my soul in me, 1 For I will go to the place of thy wondrous tabernacle, even to the house of God, 1 With a voice of exultation and thanksgiving and of the sound of those who keep festival. 1

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 →

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