Job 20:7
Like his own stubble, shall he utterly perish, They who had seen him, shall say, Where is he?
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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 elevation mount up to the heavens, and, his head, to the clouds, doth reach,
Cross References
1 Kings 14:10therefore, behold me! bringing misfortune against the house of Jeroboam, and I will cut off the meanest pertaining to Jeroboam, whether shut up or left at large, in Israel,—and will consume after the house of Jeroboam, as one consumeth dung, till it be all gone:
Job 4:20Betwixt morning and evening, are they broken in pieces, With none to save, they utterly perish:
Job 8:18If one destroy him out of his place, then will it disown him [saying] —I have not seen thee.
Job 14:14If a man die, can he live again? All the days of my warfare, would I wait, until my relief should come:—
Psalms 41:5Mine enemies, speak ill of me, When will he die, and his name perish?
Psalms 112:10The lawless one, shall see, and be indignant, his teeth, will he gnash and melt away, The craving of the lawless, shall vanish.
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 →