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

24He may escape from a soldier who has an iron sword. But then a soldier will shoot a bronze arrow into him. 25He pulls the arrow out of his back. His blood makes its sharp point shine brightly. He is very afraid. All his riches disappear in the dark. God will send a fire to destroy him. It will destroy all his things that remain. 27The heavens will show that he is guilty. People on earth will speak against him. 28A flood will destroy his house and everything that he has. That will happen on the day when God punishes people because he is angry with them.

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 18:5The light of a wicked person's life will stop shining. His fire will no longer burn brightly.
• Isaiah 8:22They will look down at the earth, but they will only see trouble. Everywhere will be dark and people will have no hope. Then they will fall into complete darkness.
• Matthew 8:12But other people who think that God's kingdom belongs to them will not be there. God's angels will throw them into the dark places that are far away from God. There those people will weep very much. They will bite their teeth together.’
• Jude 1:13Those false teachers are like water in the sea that the wind blows during a storm. The dirt that comes to the top of the water is like the disgusting things that those people do. They are like stars that have moved away from their proper places in the sky. God has prepared a completely dark place for them. God will keep them there for ever.
• Psalms 21:9When you come out to fight against them, you will destroy them like a hot fire. The Lord destroys them, because you are angry with them.
• Psalms 120:4Yes, the sharp arrows of a soldier will hurt you. They will give you pain, like wood that burns with fire.
• Isaiah 30:33The Lord has already prepared a place to burn the bodies of the dead people. It is ready for the king of Assyria! There is a place for him that is deep and wide. There is plenty of wood for the fire. The Lord's breath will be like a stream of hot sulphur. He will breathe out on the heap of wood and the fire will burn!
• Matthew 3:12He is like a farmer that brings the wheat home from his field. He uses a special tool to throw the wheat up in the air. He does this to make the wheat seeds separate from what remains. Then he cleans his yard. He carefully stores all the seeds to keep them safe. But he burns everything else in a great fire that nobody can put out.’
• Job 18:19He has no children or grandchildren. He has no family to live in his home.
• Psalms 109:9May he soon die, so that his children have no father, and his wife has no husband.
• Isaiah 14:20They will not bury you with those other kings, because you destroyed your land and you killed your people. Nobody will ever remember the family of a wicked person like you.

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