Job 11:20
But the eyes of the wicked will fail. They will have no way to flee. Their hope will be the giving up of the spirit.”
World English Bible Classic
In The King James Version
In Context
19Also you will lie down, and no one will make you afraid. Yes, many will court your favor.
Cross References
Leviticus 26:16I also will do this to you: I will appoint terror over you, even consumption and fever, that shall consume the eyes, and make the soul to pine away. You will sow your seed in vain, for your enemies will eat it.
Job 3:21who long for death, but it doesn’t come; and dig for it more than for hidden treasures,
Job 8:13So are the paths of all who forget God. The hope of the godless man will perish,
Job 18:14He will be rooted out of the security of his tent. He will be brought to the king of terrors.
Job 27:22For it hurls at him, and does not spare, as he flees away from his hand.
Job 34:22There is no darkness, nor thick gloom, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.
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 →