Job 20:7

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

5That the rejoicing of the wicked is short, And the joy of the godless momentary? 6Though his arrogance reaches the heavens, And his head touches the clouds, He perishes forever like his refuse; Those who have seen him will say, ‘Where is he?’ 8He flies away like a dream, and they cannot find him; Like a vision of the night he is chased away. 9The eye which saw him sees him no longer, And his place no longer beholds him.

Job 20:7 word by word

כְּֽ֭גֶלֲלוֹ לָנֶ֣צַח יֹאבֵ֑ד רֹ֝אָ֗יו יֹאמְר֥וּ אַיּֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear

• perishesאָבַד'âbad · to perishH6
• foreverנֵ֫צַחnetsach nêtsach · perpetuityH5331
• like his refuseגֵּלgêlel · dungH1561
• Those who have seenרָאָהrâ'âh · to see: seeH7200
• will sayאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• Whereאַי'ay · where?H335

Cross-references for Job 20:7

• 1 Kings 14:10therefore behold, I am bringing disaster on the house of Jeroboam, and I will eliminate from Jeroboam every male person, both bond and free in Israel, and I will make a clean sweep of the house of Jeroboam, just as one sweeps away dung until it is all gone.
• 2 Kings 9:37and the corpse of Jezebel will be like dung on the face of the field in the property of Jezreel, so they cannot say, “This is Jezebel.”’”
• Psalms 83:10Who were destroyed at En-dor, Who became like dung for the ground.
• Jeremiah 8:2They will spread them out to the sun, the moon, and to all the heavenly lights, which they have loved, which they have served, which they have followed, which they have sought, and which they have worshiped. They will not be gathered nor buried; they will be like dung on the face of the ground.
• Job 14:10But a man dies and lies prostrate. A person passes away, 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

Topics related to Job 20:7

• Ambition
• Hypocrisy
• Wicked (People)
• Worldliness

In the dictionaries

• Rain
• Short
• Dung; Dung Gate
• 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