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 flee from the iron weapon, But the bronze bow will pierce him. 25It is drawn and comes out of his back, Even the flashing point from his gallbladder; Terrors come upon him, Complete darkness is held in reserve for his treasures, And unfanned fire will devour him; It will consume the survivor in his tent. 27The heavens will reveal his guilt, And the earth will rise up against him. 28The increase of his house will disappear; His possessions will flow away on the day of His anger.

Job 20:26 word by word

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

• Completeכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• darknessחֹ֫שֶׁךְchôshek · darknessH2822
• is heldטָמַןţâman · to hideH2934
• for his treasuresצָפַןtsâphan · to treasureH6845
• And unfannedלֹאlô' lô' lôh · notH3808
• And unfannedנָפַחnâphach · to breatheH5301
• fireאֵשׁ'êsh · fireH784
• will devourאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398
• It will consumeבֵּית־עֵ֫קֶד הָרֹעִיםrâ‛âh · House of ShepherdsH7462
• the survivorשָׂרִידώârîyd · survivorH8300
• in his tentאֹ֫הֶל'ôhel · tentH168

Cross-references for Job 20:26

• Job 18:5“Indeed, the light of the wicked goes out, And the spark from his fire does not shine.
• Isaiah 8:22Then they will look to the earth, and behold, distress and darkness, the gloom of anguish; and they will be driven away into darkness.
• Matthew 8:12but the sons of the kingdom will be thrown out into the outer darkness; in that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”
• Jude 1:13wild waves of the sea, churning up their own shameful deeds like dirty foam; wandering stars, for whom the gloom of darkness has been reserved forever.
• Psalms 21:9You will make them as a fiery oven in the time of your anger; The Lord will swallow them up in His wrath, And fire will devour them.
• Psalms 120:4Sharp arrows of the warrior, With the burning coals of the broom tree!
• Isaiah 30:33For Topheth has long been ready, Indeed, it has been prepared for the king. He has made it deep and large, A pyre of fire with plenty of wood; The breath of the Lord, like a torrent of brimstone, sets it afire.
• Matthew 3:12His winnowing fork is in His hand, and He will thoroughly clear His threshing floor; and He will gather His wheat into the barn, but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”
• Job 18:19He has no offspring or descendants among his people, Nor any survivor where he resided.
• Psalms 109:9May his children be fatherless, And his wife a widow.
• Isaiah 14:20You will not be united with them in burial, Because you have ruined your country, You have killed your people. May the descendants of evildoers never be mentioned.

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