Job 20:26

Their valuable possessions will all be destroyed; a fire that is not lit by humans, but by God, will burn them up and also destroy the things that are left in their tents.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

All darkness shall be hid in his secret places: a fire not blown shall consume him; it shall go ill with him that is left in his tabernacle.

In Context

25The arrows will go completely through their bodies and stick out of their backs; the shiny points of the arrows will have blood dripping from them, and those wicked people will be terrified.

27The angels in heaven [MTY] will reveal the sins that those wicked people have committed, and people on earth will stand up and testify against them.

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Cross References

Job 18:5“What will happen is that the lives of wicked people like you end as quickly as we can put out a light or extinguish the flame of a fire.

Psalms 21:9When you appear, you will throw them into a fiery furnace. Because you are angry with them, you will get rid of them; the fire will burn them up.

Psalms 120:4He will shoot sharp arrows at you like soldiers do, and he will burn you with red-hot coals from the wood of a broom tree.

Isaiah 14:20Your corpse will not be buried because you have destroyed your nation and have caused your people to be killed. The descendants of wicked people like you will never be honored again.

Matthew 3:12He is like a farmer who wants to clear away the grain that is on the ground where it has been threshed { they have threshed it}. That farmer uses a huge fork to throw the grain into the air to separate the wheat from the chaff [MET], and then he cleans up the threshing area. Similarly, God will separate righteous people from the evil people like a farmer who gathers the wheat into his storage area, and then God will burn the people who are like chaff with a fire that will never be put out [MET].”

Jude 1:13They are restless [MET], like the pounding waves of the ocean. Just like waves produce foul-smelling foam on the shore, those teachers of false doctrine do shameful [MTY] deeds. We cannot depend/rely on them to show us how to conduct our lives [MET], just like we cannot depend/rely on ◄meteors/falling stars► to show us the way when we travel. God has reserved intense darkness for them forever in hell.

Matthew Henry on Job 20:24-29

23 When he is about to fill his belly, God shall cast the fury of his wrath upon him, and shall rain it upon him while he is eating. 24 He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of steel shall strike him through. 25 It is drawn, and cometh out of the body; yea, the glittering sword cometh out of his gall: terrors are upon him. 26 All darkness shall be hid in his secret places: a fire not blown shall consume him; it shall go ill with him that is left in his tabernacle. 27 The heaven shall reveal his iniquity;… Read the whole commentary →

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