Parallel Verses

The Emphasized Bible

But, the eyes of the lawless, shall fail, - and, place of refuge, shall have vanished from them, and, their hope, be a breathing out of life.

New American Standard Bible

“But the eyes of the wicked will fail,
And there will be no escape for them;
And their hope is to breathe their last.”

King James Version

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.

Holman Bible

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

International Standard Version

But what the wicked look for will fail; their way of escape will be taken away from them; their only hope is to take their final breath."

A Conservative Version

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 spirit.

American Standard Version

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.

Amplified


“But the eyes of the wicked will fail,
And they will not escape [the justice of God];
And their hope is to breathe their last [and die].”

Bible in Basic English

But the eyes of the evil-doers will be wasting away; their way of flight is gone, and their only hope is the taking of their last breath.

Darby Translation

But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and all refuge shall vanish from them, and their hope shall be the breathing out of life.

Julia Smith Translation

And the eyes of the unjust shall be consumed, and flight shall perish from them, and their hope a breathing out of the soul.

King James 2000

But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope shall be as one dying.

Lexham Expanded Bible

But [the] eyes of [the] wicked will fail; and refuge will be lost to them, and their hope [is] {to breathe their last breath}."

Modern King James verseion

But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall have no escape, and their hope shall be like the giving up of the spirit.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

As for the eyes of the ungodly, they shall be consumed, and not escape: their hope shall be misery and sorrow of mind."

NET Bible

But the eyes of the wicked fail, and escape eludes them; their one hope is to breathe their last."

New Heart English Bible

But the eyes of the wicked shall fail. They shall have no way to flee. Their hope shall be the giving up of the spirit."

Webster

But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope shall be as the expiration of the breath.

World English Bible

But the eyes of the wicked shall fail. They shall have no way to flee. Their hope shall be the giving up of the spirit."

Youngs Literal Translation

And the eyes of the wicked are consumed, And refuge hath perished from them, And their hope is a breathing out of soul!

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
But the eyes
עין 
`ayin 
Usage: 372

of the wicked
רשׁע 
Rasha` 
Usage: 263

and they shall not escape
H6
אבד 
'abad 
Usage: 184

and their hope
תּקוה 
Tiqvah 
Usage: 34

shall be as the giving up
מפּח 
Mappach 
giving up
Usage: 1

References

Easton

Morish

Context Readings

Confess Your Sin And Be Forgiven

19 And shalt rest, with none to put thee in terror, - and many shall entreat thy favour. 20 But, the eyes of the lawless, shall fail, - and, place of refuge, shall have vanished from them, and, their hope, be a breathing out of life.



Cross References

Deuteronomy 28:65

And among those nations, shalt thou find no ease, neither shall there be a place of rest for the sole of thy foot, - but Yahweh will give unto thee there a trembling heart, and a failing of eyes and faintness of soul.

Job 17:5

He that, for a share, denounceth friends, even, the eyes of his children, shall be dim.

Job 31:16

If I withheld - from pleasure - the poor, or, the eyes of the widow, I dimmed;

Leviticus 26:16

I also, will do this unto you - I will set over you, for terror, consumption and fever, Causing the eyes to fail and the soul to pine away, - And ye shall sow, in vain, your seed, for it shall be eaten by your foes.

Job 8:13-14

So, shall be the latter end of all who forget GOD, and, the hope of the impious, shall perish:

Job 18:14

Uprooted, out of his tent, be his confidence, and let it drive him down to the king of terrors;

Job 27:8

For what shall be the hope of the impious, though he graspeth with greed, when GOD shall draw forth his soul?

Job 27:22

And He will cast upon him and not spare, Out of his hand, shall he, swiftly flee;

Job 34:22

No darkness, and no death-shade, where the workers of iniquity may hide.

Psalm 69:3

I am weary with mine outcry, Parched is my throat, - Mine eyes have become dim, through waiting for my God.

Proverbs 10:24

The dread of the lawless one, the same, shall overtake him, but, the desire of the righteous, shall he granted.

Proverbs 20:20

Whoso revileth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in deep darkness.

Lamentations 4:17

Silly shall our eyes fail, for our help that is vain: In our watchtower, have we watched - for a nation that will not save.

Amos 2:14

Therefore shall flight, perish, from the swift, and, the mighty, shall not invigorate his strength, - nor shall, the hero, escape with his life;

Amos 5:19-20

As if a man should flee from the face of a lion, and there should meet him - a bear! or he should have entered the house, and leaned his hand upon the wall, and there should bite him - a serpent!

Amos 9:1-3

I saw My Lord stationed by the altar, and he said - Smite the capital - that the sills, may tremble, Yea break them off on the head of them all, and, the last of them, with the sword, will I slay, - He that fleeth of them, shall not flee away, and he that escapeth of them, shall not make good his escape.

Luke 16:23-26

And, in hades, lifting up his eyes, being in torments, he seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.

Hebrews 2:3

how shall, we, escape, if, so great a salvation as this, we have neglected, - which, indeed, having received, a beginning, of being spoken through the Lord, by them who heard, unto us was confirmed,

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