Job 11:20
And the eyes of the wicked are consumed, And refuge hath perished from them, And their hope [is] a breathing out of soul!
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
19And thou hast rested, And none is causing trembling, And many have entreated thy face;
Cross References
Leviticus 26:16I also do this to you, and I have appointed over you trouble, the consumption, and the burning fever, consuming eyes, and causing pain of soul; and your seed in vain ye have sowed, and your enemies have eaten it;
Job 3:21Who are waiting for death, and it is not, And they seek it above hid treasures.
Job 8:13So [are] the paths of all forgetting God, And the hope of the profane doth perish,
Job 18:14Drawn from his tent is his confidence, And it causeth him to step to the king of terrors.
Job 27:22And it casteth at him, and doth not spare, From its hand he diligently fleeth.
Job 34:22There is no darkness nor death-shade, For workers of iniquity to be hidden there;
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 →