Job 11:20 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²⁰ But the eyes of the wicked will fail; all way of escape will be lost to them, and their hope is to breathe their last.”

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁰ But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, And they shall not escape, And their hope shall be as the giving up of the ghost.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁰ But the eyes of the wicked shall look [for relief] in vain, and they shall not escape [the justice of God]; and their hope shall be to give up the ghost.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁰ But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, And they shall have no way to flee; And their hope shall be the giving up of the ghost.

Common English Bible

²⁰ The eyes of the wicked will grow faint; flight has vanished from them; their hope is a dying gasp.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁰ But the eyes of the impious will fade away, and the path to escape will perish before them, for the abomination of the soul is their hope.

Job 11:20 Cross References

Deuteronomy 28:65

Among those nations you shall find no ease, no resting place for the sole of your foot. There the Lord will give you a trembling heart, failing eyes, and a languishing spirit.

Job 31:16

“If I have withheld anything that the poor desired or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail

Job 17:5

Those who denounce friends for reward— the eyes of their children will fail.

Hebrews 2:3

how will we escape if we neglect so great a salvation? It was declared at first through the Lord, and it was confirmed for us by those who heard him,

Amos 2:14

Flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not retain their strength, nor shall the mighty save their lives;

Lamentations 4:17

Our eyes failed, ever watching vainly for help; we were watching eagerly for a nation that could not save.

Proverbs 20:20

If you curse father or mother, your lamp will go out in utter darkness.

Proverbs 10:24

What the wicked dread will come upon them, but the desire of the righteous will be granted.

Psalm 69:3

I am weary with my crying; my throat is parched. My eyes grow dim with waiting for my God.

Job 34:22

There is no gloom or deep darkness where evildoers may hide themselves.

Job 27:22

It hurls at them without pity; they flee from its power in headlong flight.

Job 27:8

For what is the hope of the godless when God cuts them off, when God takes away their lives?

Job 18:14

They are torn from the tent in which they trusted and are brought to the king of terrors.

Leviticus 26:16

I in turn will do this to you: I will bring terror on you, consumption and fever that waste the eyes and cause life to pine away. You shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.

Job 6:9

that it would please God to crush me, that he would let loose his hand and cut me off!

Job 12:1

Then Job answered:

Psalm 142:4

Look on my right hand and see: there is no one who takes notice of me; no refuge remains to me; no one cares for me.

Proverbs 10:28

The hope of the righteous ends in gladness, but the expectation of the wicked comes to nothing.

Jeremiah 25:35

Flight shall fail the shepherds, and there shall be no escape for the lords of the flock.

Job 3:21

who long for death, but it does not come, and dig for it more than for hidden treasures;

Job 3:22

who rejoice exceedingly and are glad when they find the grave?