God’s Word Translation
Job 20:7
7he will certainly rot like his own feces. Those who have seen him will say, ‘Where is he?’
Job 20:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they which have seen him shall say, Where is he?
- New International Version (NIV)he will perish forever, like his own dung; those who have seen him will say, ‘Where is he?’
- English Standard Version (ESV)he will perish forever like his own dung; those who have seen him will say, 'Where is he?'
- New King James Version (NKJV)Yet he will perish forever like his own refuse; Those who have seen him will say, ‘Where is he?’
Context of Job 20:7
5the triumph of the wicked is short-lived, and the joy of the godless person lasts only a moment? 6If his height reaches to the sky and his head touches the clouds, he will certainly rot like his own feces. Those who have seen him will say, ‘Where is he?’ 8He will fly away like a dream and not be found. He will be chased away like a vision in the night. 9Eyes that saw him will see him no more. His home will not look at him again.
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כְּֽ֭גֶלֲלוֹ לָנֶ֣צַח יֹאבֵ֑ד רֹ֝אָ֗יו יֹאמְר֥וּ אַיּֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 20:7
- 1 Kings 14:10“ ‘That is why I will bring disaster on Jeroboam’s house. I will destroy every male in his house, whether slave or freeman in Israel. I will burn down Jeroboam’s house. It will burn like manure until it is gone.
- 2 Kings 9:37Jezebel’s corpse will be like manure on the ground in the fields surrounding Jezreel so that no one will be able to say that this is Jezebel.’ ”
- Psalms 83:10They were destroyed at Endor. They became manure to fertilize the ground.
- Jeremiah 8:2They 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.
- Job 14:10But a human dies and is powerless. A person breathes his last breath, and where is he?
Commentaries on Job 20:7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7He shall perish for ever - He is dust, and shall return to the dust from which he was taken. Zophar here hints his disbelief in that doctrine, the resurrection of the body, which Job had so solemnly asserted in the preceding chapter. Or he might have been like some in the present day, who believe that the wicked shall be annihilated, and the bodies of the righteous only be raised from the dead; but I know of no scripture by which such a doctrine is…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7he will perish forever, like his own dung: Compare 1 Kings 14:9–11; 2 Kings 9:36–37; Psalm 83:10; Jeremiah 8:1–2.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. dung--in contrast to the haughtiness of the sinner (Job 20:6); this strong term expresses disgust and the lowest degradation (Psa 83:10; 1Ki 14:10).Read the comment
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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
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