Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

Total darkness is reserved for his treasures.
A fire unfanned by human hands will consume him;
it will feed on what is left in his tent.

New American Standard Bible

Complete darkness is held in reserve for his treasures,
And unfanned fire will devour him;
It will consume the survivor in his tent.

King James Version

All darkness shall be hid in his secret places: a fire not blown shall consume him; it shall go ill with him that is left in his tabernacle.

International Standard Version

"Total darkness has been reserved for his treasures; a fire that has no need to be kindled will devour him and consume whatever remains in his possession.

A Conservative Version

All darkness is laid up for his treasures. A fire not blown shall devour him. It shall consume that which is left in his tent.

American Standard Version

All darkness is laid up for his treasures: A fire not blown by man'shall devour him; It shall consume that which is left in his tent.

Amplified


Complete darkness (misfortune) is held in reserve for his treasures.
An unfanned fire will devour him;
It will consume the survivor in his tent.

Bible in Basic English

All his wealth is stored up for the dark: a fire not made by man sends destruction on him, and on everything in his tent.

Darby Translation

All darkness is laid up for his treasures: a fire not blown shall devour him; it shall feed upon what is left in his tent.

Julia Smith Translation

All darkness hid for his secret places: a fire not blown upon shall devour him; and the remaining one shall do evil upon his tent.

King James 2000

All darkness shall be laid up for his treasures: a fire not blown upon shall consume him; it shall go ill with him who is left in his tent.

Lexham Expanded Bible

{Total darkness} is hidden for his treasures; {an unfanned fire} will devour him; [the] remnant {will be consumed} in his tent.

Modern King James verseion

All darkness shall be hidden in his secret places; a fire not blown shall consume him; those left in his tent shall be broken.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

There shall no darkness be able to hide him. An unkindled fire shall consume him; and look, what remaineth in his house, it shall be destroyed.

NET Bible

Total darkness waits to receive his treasures; a fire which has not been kindled will consume him and devour what is left in his tent.

New Heart English Bible

All darkness is laid up for his treasures. An unfanned fire shall devour him. It shall consume that which is left in his tent.

The Emphasized Bible

Every misfortune, is laid up for his treasures, - There shall consume, a fire, not blown up, - it shall destroy what remaineth in his tent:

Webster

All darkness shall be hid in his secret places: a fire not blown shall consume him; it shall go ill with him that is left in his tabernacle.

World English Bible

All darkness is laid up for his treasures. An unfanned fire shall devour him. It shall consume that which is left in his tent.

Youngs Literal Translation

All darkness is hid for his treasures, Consume him doth a fire not blown, Broken is the remnant in his tent.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
חשׁך 
Choshek 
Usage: 78

shall be hid
טמן 
Taman 
Usage: 31

צפן 
Tsaphan 
Usage: 32

a fire
אשׁ 
'esh 
Usage: 378

not blown
נפח 
Naphach 
Usage: 12

אכל 
'akal 
Usage: 809

him it shall go ill
ירע 
Yara` 
Usage: 8

with him that is left
שׂריד 
Sariyd 
Usage: 27

Context Readings

A Wicked Person's Joy Is Short, His Pain Long

25 He pulls it out of his back,
the flashing tip out of his liver.
Terrors come over him.
26 Total darkness is reserved for his treasures.
A fire unfanned by human hands will consume him;
it will feed on what is left in his tent.
27 The heavens will expose his iniquity,
and the earth will rise up against him.



Cross References

Psalm 21:9

You will make them burn
like a fiery furnace when you appear;
the Lord will engulf them in His wrath,
and fire will devour them.

Job 18:5-6

Yes, the light of the wicked is extinguished;
the flame of his fire does not glow.

Job 18:18-19

He is driven from light to darkness
and chased from the inhabited world.

Psalm 109:9-15

Let his children be fatherless
and his wife a widow.

Psalm 120:4

A warrior’s sharp arrows
with burning charcoal!

Isaiah 8:22

They will look toward the earth and see only distress, darkness, and the gloom of affliction, and they will be driven into thick darkness.

Isaiah 14:20-22

You will not join them in burial,
because you destroyed your land
and slaughtered your own people.
The offspring of evildoers
will never be remembered.

Isaiah 30:33

Indeed! Topheth has been ready
for the king for a long time now.
Its funeral pyre is deep and wide,
with plenty of fire and wood.
The breath of the Lord, like a torrent of brimstone,
kindles it.

Matthew 3:12

His winnowing shovel is in His hand, and He will clear His threshing floor and gather His wheat into the barn. But the chaff He will burn up with fire that never goes out.”

Matthew 8:12

But the sons of the kingdom will be thrown into the outer darkness. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”

Jude 1:13

wild waves of the sea, foaming up their shameful deeds; wandering stars for whom the blackness of darkness is reserved forever!

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