Job 20:7
Yet shall hee perish for euer, like his dung, and they which haue seene him, shall say, Where is hee?
Geneva Bible 1599
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
6Though his excellencie mount vp to the heauen, and his head reache vnto the cloudes,
Cross References
1 Kings 14:10Therefore beholde, I will bring euill vpon the house of Ieroboam, and will cut off from Ieroboam him that pisseth against the wall, aswell him that is shut vp, as him that is left in Israel, and will sweepe away the remnant of the house of Ieroboam, as a man sweepeth away doung, till it be all gone.
Job 4:20They be destroyed from the morning vnto the euening: they perish for euer, without regarde.
Job 8:18If any plucke it from his place, and it denie, saying, I haue not seene thee,
Job 14:14If a man die, shall he liue againe? All the dayes of mine appointed time will I waite, till my changing shall come.
Psalms 41:5Mine enemies speake euill of me, saying, When shall he die, and his name perish?
Psalms 112:10The wicked shall see it and be angrie: he shall gnash with his teeth, and consume away: the desire of the wicked shall perish.
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 →