Job 11:20

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Job 11:20

But the sight of the wicked will fail.
Their way of escape will be cut off,
and their only hope is their last breath.

Deuteronomy 28:65

You will find no peace among those nations, and there will be no resting place for the sole of your foot. There the Lord will give you a trembling heart, failing eyes, and a despondent spirit.

Job 17:5

If a man informs on his friends for a price,
the eyes of his children will fail.

Job 31:16

If I have refused the wishes of the poor
or let the widow’s eyes go blind,

then I will do this to you: I will bring terror on you—wasting disease and fever that will cause your eyes to fail and your life to ebb away. You will sow your seed in vain because your enemies will eat it.

Job 8:13-14

Such is the destiny of all who forget God;
the hope of the godless will perish.

Job 18:14

He is ripped from the security of his tent
and marched away to the king of terrors.

Job 27:8

For what hope does the godless man have when he is cut off,
when God takes away his life?

Job 27:22

It blasts at him without mercy,
while he flees desperately from its grasp.

Job 34:22

There is no darkness, no deep darkness,
where evildoers can hide themselves.

Psalm 69:3

I am weary from my crying;
my throat is parched.
My eyes fail, looking for my God.

Proverbs 10:24

What the wicked dreads will come to him,
but what the righteous desire will be given to them.

Proverbs 20:20

Whoever curses his father or mother—
his lamp will go out in deep darkness.

Lamentations 4:17

ע AyinAll the while our eyes were failing
as we looked in vain for assistance;
we watched from our towers
for a nation that refused to help.

Amos 2:14

Escape will fail the swift,
the strong one will not prevail by his strength,
and the brave will not save his life.

Amos 5:19-20

It will be like a man who flees from a lion
only to have a bear confront him.
He goes home and rests his hand against the wall
only to have a snake bite him.

Amos 9:1-3

I saw the Lord standing beside the altar, and He said:

Strike the capitals of the pillars
so that the thresholds shake;
knock them down on the heads of all the people.
Then I will kill the rest of them with the sword.
None of those who flee will get away;
none of the fugitives will escape.

Luke 16:23-26

And being in torment in Hades, he looked up and saw Abraham a long way off, with Lazarus at his side.

Hebrews 2:3

how will we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? It was first spoken by the Lord and was confirmed to us by those who heard Him.

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Summary

Job 11:20

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.

The eyes

Lamentations 4:17

They shall not escape

Their hope

General references

Job 27:8

Proverbs 11:7

Bible References

The eyes

If I have refused the wishes of the poor
or let the widow’s eyes go blind,

You will find no peace among those nations, and there will be no resting place for the sole of your foot. There the Lord will give you a trembling heart, failing eyes, and a despondent spirit.

I am weary from my crying;
my throat is parched.
My eyes fail, looking for my God.

ע AyinAll the while our eyes were failing
as we looked in vain for assistance;
we watched from our towers
for a nation that refused to help.

They shall not escape

Escape will fail the swift,
the strong one will not prevail by his strength,
and the brave will not save his life.

It will be like a man who flees from a lion
only to have a bear confront him.
He goes home and rests his hand against the wall
only to have a snake bite him.

how will we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? It was first spoken by the Lord and was confirmed to us by those who heard Him.

Their hope

Such is the destiny of all who forget God;
the hope of the godless will perish.

He is ripped from the security of his tent
and marched away to the king of terrors.

For what hope does the godless man have when he is cut off,
when God takes away his life?

What the wicked dreads will come to him,
but what the righteous desire will be given to them.

Whoever curses his father or mother—
his lamp will go out in deep darkness.

And being in torment in Hades, he looked up and saw Abraham a long way off, with Lazarus at his side.

General references

For what hope does the godless man have when he is cut off,
when God takes away his life?

When the wicked man dies,
his expectation comes to nothing,
and hope placed in wealth

vanishes.