Job 11:20 - Revised Standard Version 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.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) 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 The eyes of the wicked will grow faint; flight has vanished from them; their hope is a dying gasp. Catholic Public Domain Version 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. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But the eyes of the wicked shall decay, and the way to escape shall fail them, and their hope the abomination of the soul. |
He who informs against his friends to get a share of their property, the eyes of his children will fail.
He is torn from the tent in which he trusted, and is brought to the king of terrors.
It hurls at him without pity; he flees from its power in headlong flight.
For what is the hope of the godless when God cuts him off, when God takes away his life?
who long for death, but it comes not, and dig for it more than for hid treasures;
“If I have withheld anything that the poor desired, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,
There is no gloom or deep darkness where evildoers may hide themselves.
that it would please God to crush me, that he would let loose his hand and cut me off!
I look to the right and watch, but there is none who takes notice of me; no refuge remains to me, no man cares for me.
I am weary with my crying; my throat is parched. My eyes grow dim with waiting for my God.
What the wicked dreads will come upon him, but the desire of the righteous will be granted.
The hope of the righteous ends in gladness, but the expectation of the wicked comes to naught.
If one curses his father or his mother, his lamp will be put out in utter darkness.
No refuge will remain for the shepherds, nor escape for the lords of the flock.
Our eyes failed, ever watching vainly for help; in our watching we watched for a nation which could not save.
I will do this to you: I will appoint over you sudden terror, consumption and fever that waste the eyes and cause life to pine away. And you shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it;
Flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not retain his strength, nor shall the mighty save his life;
And among these nations you shall find no ease, and there shall be no rest for the sole of your foot; but the Lord will give you there a trembling heart, and failing eyes, and a languishing soul;
how shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? It was declared at first by the Lord, and it was attested to us by those who heard him,