New English Translation
Job 20:7
7he will perish forever, like his own excrement; those who used to see 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
5that the elation of the wicked is brief, the joy of the godless lasts but a moment. 6Even though his stature reaches to the heavens and his head touches the clouds, he will perish forever, like his own excrement; those who used to see him will say, ‘Where is he?’ 8Like a dream he flies away, never again to be found, and like a vision of the night he is put to flight. 9People who had seen him will not see him again, and the place where he was will recognize him no longer.
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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 14:10So I am ready to bring disaster on the dynasty of Jeroboam. I will cut off every last male belonging to Jeroboam in Israel, including even the weak and incapacitated. I will burn up the dynasty of Jeroboam, just as one burns manure until it is completely consumed.
- 2 Kings 9:37Jezebel’s corpse will be like manure on the surface of the ground in the plot of land at Jezreel. People will not be able to even recognize her.’”
- Psalms 83:10They were destroyed at Endor; their corpses were like manure on the ground.
- Jeremiah 8:2They will be spread out and exposed to the sun, the moon and the stars. These are things they adored and served, things to which they paid allegiance, from which they sought guidance, and worshiped. The bones of these people will never be regathered and reburied. They will be like manure used to fertilize the ground.
- Job 14:10But man dies and is powerless; he expires – 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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