Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Those who have seen him
King James Version
Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they which have seen him shall say, Where is he?
Holman Bible
Those who know
International Standard Version
he'll perish forever, like his own excrement; those who saw him will ask, "Where is he?'
A Conservative Version
yet he shall perish forever like his own dung. Those who have seen him shall say, Where is he?
American Standard Version
Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: They that have seen him shall say, Where is he?
Amplified
Yet he perishes forever like his own refuse;
Those who have seen him will say, ‘Where is he?’
Bible in Basic English
Like the waste from his body he comes to an end for ever: those who have seen him say, Where is he?
Darby Translation
Like his own dung doth he perish for ever; they which have seen him shall say, Where is he?
Julia Smith Translation
As his dung he shall perish forever: they seeing him shall say, Where is he?
King James 2000
Yet he shall perish forever like his own refuse: they who have seen him shall say, Where is he?
Lexham Expanded Bible
he will perish forever like his dung; [those who] have seen him will say, 'Where [is] he?'
Modern King James verseion
he shall perish forever like his dung; they who see him shall say, Where is he?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
yet he perisheth at the last, like dung. Insomuch that they which have seen him, say, 'Where is he?'
NET Bible
he will perish forever, like his own excrement; those who used to see him will say, 'Where is he?'
New Heart English Bible
yet he shall perish forever like his own dung. Those who have seen him shall say, 'Where is he?'
The Emphasized Bible
Like his own stubble, shall he utterly perish, They who had seen him, shall say, Where is he?
Webster
Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they who have seen him shall say, Where is he?
World English Bible
yet he shall perish forever like his own dung. Those who have seen him shall say, 'Where is he?'
Youngs Literal Translation
As his own dung for ever he doth perish, His beholders say: 'Where is he?'
Interlinear
'abad
Netsach
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 20:7
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Wicked Person's Joy Is Short, His Pain Long
6
Though his height mount up to the heavens, and his head reach to the clouds,
7
Those who have seen him
Names
Cross References
1 Kings 14:10
therefore behold, I will bring harm upon the house of Jeroboam and will cut off from Jeroboam every male, both bond and free in Israel, and will burn up the house of Jeroboam, as a man burns up dung until it is all gone.
2 Kings 9:37
and the corpse of Jezebel shall be as dung on the face of the field in the territory of Jezreel, so that no one can say, This is Jezebel.'"
Job 14:10
But a man dies and is laid low; man breathes his last, and where is he?
Psalm 83:10
who were destroyed at En-dor, who became dung for the ground.
Job 4:20
Between morning and evening they are beaten to pieces; they perish forever without anyone regarding it.
Job 7:10
he returns no more to his house, nor does his place know him anymore.
Job 8:18
If he is destroyed from his place, then it will deny him, saying, 'I have never seen you.'
Jeremiah 8:2
And they shall be spread before the sun and the moon and all the host of heaven, which they have loved and served, which they have gone after, and which they have sought and worshiped. And they shall not be gathered or buried. They shall be as dung on the surface of the ground.