Job 20:26

Job 20:26 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)total darkness lies in wait for his treasures. A fire unfanned will consume him and devour what is left in his tent.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Utter darkness is laid up for his treasures; a fire not fanned will devour him; what is left in his tent will be consumed.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Total darkness is reserved for his treasures. An unfanned fire will consume him; It shall go ill with him who is left in his tent.

Context of Job 20:26

24If he flees from an iron weapon, an arrow from a bronze bow will pierce him. 25He pulls it out of his back, the flashing tip out of his liver. Terrors come over him. 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. 27The heavens will expose his iniquity, and the earth will rise up against him. 28The possessions in his house will be removed, flowing away on the day of God’s anger.

Job 20:26 word by word

כָּל־חֹשֶׁךְ֮ טָמ֪וּן לִצְפּ֫וּנָ֥יו תְּ֭אָכְלֵהוּ אֵ֣שׁ לֹֽא־נֻפָּ֑ח יֵ֖רַע שָׂרִ֣יד בְּאָהֳלֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• All darknessחֹ֫שֶׁךְchôshek · darknessH2822
• hidטָמַןţâman · to hideH2934
• in his secret placesצָפַןtsâphan · to treasureH6845
• a fireאֵשׁ'êsh · fireH784
• not blownנָפַחnâphach · to breatheH5301
• shall consumeאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398
• him; it shall go illיָרַעyâra‛ · quiverH3415
• with him that is leftשָׂרִידώârîyd · survivorH8300
• in his tabernacleאֹ֫הֶל'ôhel · tentH168

Cross-references for Job 20:26

• Job 18:5Yes, the light of the wicked is extinguished; the flame of his fire does not glow.
• Isaiah 8:22They will look toward the earth and see only distress, darkness, and the gloom of affliction, and they will be driven into thick darkness.
• Matthew 8:12But the sons of the kingdom will be thrown into the outer darkness where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”
• Jude 1:13They are wild waves of the sea, foaming up their shameful deeds; wandering stars for whom the blackness of darkness is reserved forever.
• Psalms 21:9You will make them burn like a fiery furnace when you appear; the Lord will engulf them in his wrath, and fire will devour them.
• Psalms 120:4A warrior’s sharp arrows with burning charcoal!
• Isaiah 30:33Indeed! Topheth has been ready for the king for a long time. Its funeral pyre is deep and wide, with plenty of fire and wood. The breath of the Lord, like a torrent of burning sulfur, kindles it.
• Matthew 3:12His 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 with fire that never goes out.”
• Job 18:19He has no children or descendants among his people, no survivor where he used to live.
• Psalms 109:9Let his children be fatherless and his wife a widow.
• Isaiah 14:20You will not join them in burial, because you destroyed your land and slaughtered your own people. The offspring of evildoers will never be mentioned again.

Commentaries on Job 20:26

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 26A fire not blown shall consume him - As Zophar is here showing that the wicked cannot escape from the Divine judgments; so he points out the different instruments which God employs for their destruction. The wrath of God - any secret or supernatural curse. The iron weapon - the spear or such like. The bow, and its swift-flying arrow. Darkness - deep horror and perplexity. A fire not blown - a supernatural fire; lightning: such as fell on Korah, and his…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 26All darkness shall be hid in his secret places - The word “darkness” here, as is common, means evidently calamity. The phrase “is hid,” means is treasured up for him. The phrase “in his secret places,” may mean “for his treasures,” or instead of the great treasures which he had laid up for himself. The Apostle Paul has a similar expression, in which, perhaps, he makes an allusion to this place. Romans 2:5, “but, after thy hardness and impenitent heart…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 23-29Verses 23-29 Zophar, having described the vexations which attend wicked practices, shows their ruin from God's wrath. There is no fence against this, but in Christ, who is the only Covert from the storm and tempest, Is 32:2. Zophar concludes, "This is the portion of a wicked man from God;" it is allotted him. Never was any doctrine better explained, or worse applied, than this by Zophar, who intended to prove Job a hypocrite. Let us receive the good…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 26Images like darkness and fire often symbolize God's presence, especially his judgment (Deuteronomy 4:11; 5:22–23; Hebrews 12:18; Exodus 9:23–24; 10:21–29).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2626. All darkness--that is, every calamity that befalls the wicked shall be hid (in store for him) in His (God's) secret places, or treasures (Jude 13; De 32:34). not blown--not kindled by man's hands, but by God's (Is 30:33; the Septuagint in the Alexandrian Manuscript reads "unquenchable fire," Mt 3:12). Tact is shown by the friends in not expressly mentioning, but alluding under color of general cases, to Job's calamities; here (Job 1:16) Umbreit…Read the comment

Topics related to Job 20:26

• Wicked (People)
• Worldliness

In the dictionaries

• Rain
• Short
• Blow
• Consume
• Zophar

Commentaries on Job 20

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings