Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

He perishes forever like his refuse;
Those who have seen him will say, ‘Where is he?’

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

he will vanish forever like his own dung.
Those who know him will ask, “Where is he?”

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

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
נצח נצח 
Netsach 
Usage: 43

גּלל 
Gelel 
Usage: 4

אי 
'ay 
Usage: 34

Context Readings

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

6 Though his pride reaches to the heavens and his head touches the clouds, 7 He perishes forever like his refuse;
Those who have seen him will say, ‘Where is he?’
8 He flies away like a dream banished like a vision of the night. He cannot be found!



Cross References

1 Kings 14:10

I will bring disaster on the house of Jeroboam. I will kill all your male descendants, young and old alike. I will get rid of your family. They will be swept away like dung.

2 Kings 9:37

The dead body of Jezebel will be like waste dropped on the face of the earth in the heritage of Jezreel. They will not be able to say: This is Jezebel.'

Job 14:10

On the other hand man dies and is laid low. He breathes his last and is no more!

Psalm 83:10

Who perished at Endor and became as dung for the earth.

Job 4:20

From morning to evening, they are shattered. They will disappear forever without anyone noticing.

Job 7:10

They are gone forever from their home. They will not be seen again.

Job 8:18

When it is torn from its spot, that place disowns it and says: 'I never saw you.'

Jeremiah 8:2

They will be spread out and exposed to the sun, the moon, and all the stars in the sky. These are the things that they had loved, served, gone after, sought, and worshiped. Their bones will not be gathered or buried, but they will become manure on the ground.

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