Job 11:20

Overview - Job 11
Zophar reproves Job for justifying himself.
God's wisdom is unsearchable.
13 The assured blessing of repentance.
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Job 11:20  (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.
 


the eyes
31:16 Leviticus 26:16 ; Deuteronomy 28:65 ; Psalms 69:3 ; Lamentations 4:17

they shall not escape
Hebrew flight shall perish from them.
Amos 2:14 ; Amos 5:19 Amos 5:20 9:1-3 Hebrews 2:3

their hope
Job 8:13 Job 8:14 18:14 27:8 Proverbs 10:24 ; 20:20 Luke 16:23-26

the giving up of the ghost
or, a puff of breath.