Job 11:20
But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope {shall be as} the giving up of the ghost. {they shall...: Heb. flight shall perish from them} {the giving...: or, a puff of breath}
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And among these nations shalt thou find no ease, neither shall the sole of thy foot have rest: but the LORD shall give thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and sorrow of mind:
He that speaketh flattery to {his} friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.
If I have withheld the poor from {their} desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;
For {God} shall cast upon him, and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand. {he...: Heb. in fleeing he would flee}
For what {is} the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?
As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.
Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness. {lamp: or, candle}
The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the desire of the righteous shall be granted.
As for us, our eyes as yet failed for our vain help: in our watching we have watched for a nation {that} could not save {us}.
So {are} the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite's hope shall perish:
His confidence shall be rooted out of his tabernacle, and it shall bring him to the king of terrors.
Therefore the flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not strengthen his force, neither shall the mighty deliver himself: {himself: Heb. his soul, or, life}
I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.
I saw the Lord standing upon the altar: and he said, Smite the lintel of the door, that the posts may shake: and cut them in the head, all of them; and I will slay the last of them with the sword: he that fleeth of them shall not flee away, and he that escapeth of them shall not be delivered. {lintel: or, chapiter, or, knop} {cut...: or, wound them}
{There is} no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.
How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard {him};
And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
I also will do this unto you; I will even appoint over you terror, consumption, and the burning ague, that shall consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart: and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it. {over: Heb. upon}
So {are} the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite's hope shall perish:
And the shepherds shall have no way to flee, nor the principal of the flock to escape. {the shepherds...: Heb. flight shall perish from the shepherds, and escaping from, etc}
And took off their chariot wheels, that they drave them heavily: so that the Egyptians said, Let us flee from the face of Israel; for the LORD fighteth for them against the Egyptians. {that they...: or, and made them to go heavily}
For what {is} the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?
For {God} shall cast upon him, and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand. {he...: Heb. in fleeing he would flee}
When a wicked man dieth, {his} expectation shall perish: and the hope of unjust {men} perisheth.
The wicked are overthrown, and {are} not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.
His confidence shall be rooted out of his tabernacle, and it shall bring him to the king of terrors.
Thy sons and thy daughters {shall be} given unto another people, and thine eyes shall look, and fail {with longing} for them all the day long: and {there shall be} no might in thine hand.
Therefore the flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not strengthen his force, neither shall the mighty deliver himself: {himself: Heb. his soul, or, life}
I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.
I looked on {my} right hand, and beheld, but {there was} no man that would know me: refuge failed me; no man cared for my soul. {I looked...: or, Look on the right hand, and see} {failed...: Heb. perished from me} {cared...: Heb. sought after}
The hope of the righteous {shall be} gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.
And when the men of Ai looked behind them, they saw, and, behold, the smoke of the city ascended up to heaven, and they had no power to flee this way or that way: and the people that fled to the wilderness turned back upon the pursuers. {power: Heb. hand}
Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb? Oh that I had given up the ghost, and no eye had seen me!
But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where {is} he? {wasteth...: Heb. is weakened, or, cut off}
He that speaketh flattery to {his} friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.