Job 20:7
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“he will perish forever, like his own dung; those who had seen him will ask, ‘Where is he?’”
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“he will perish forever, like his own dung; those who had seen him will ask, ‘Where is he?’”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they which have seen him shall say, Where is he?”
King James Version · Public Domain“Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: They that have seen him shall say, Where is he?”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“As his own dung for ever he doth perish, His beholders say: `Where <FI>is<Fi> he?'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Job 20:7 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Kings 14:10Because of all this, behold, I am bringing disaster on the house of Jeroboam: I will cut off from Jeroboam every male, both slave and free, in Israel; I will burn up the house of Jeroboam as one burns up dung until it is gone!
- 2 Kings 9:37And Jezebel’s body will lie like dung in the field on the plot of ground at Jezreel, so that no one can say: This is Jezebel.’”
- Job 4:20They are smashed to pieces from dawn to dusk; unnoticed, they perish forever.
- Job 7:10He never returns to his house; his place remembers him no more.
- Job 8:18If he is uprooted from his place, it will disown him, saying, ‘I never saw you.’
- Job 14:10But a man dies and is laid low; he breathes his last, and where is he?
- Job 14:14When a man dies, will he live again? All the days of my hard service I will wait, until my renewal comes.
- Job 21:28For you say, ‘Where now is the nobleman’s house, and where are the tents in which the wicked dwell?’
- Psalms 41:5My enemies say with malice: “When will he die and be forgotten?”
- Psalms 83:10who perished at Endor and became like dung on the ground.
- Psalms 112:10The wicked man will see and be grieved; he will gnash his teeth and waste away; the desires of the wicked will perish.
- Jeremiah 8:2They will be exposed to the sun and moon, and to all the host of heaven which they have loved, served, followed, consulted, and worshiped. Their bones will not be gathered up or buried, but will become like dung lying on the ground.
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