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Job 11:20 — King James Version← Study notes

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.


Job 11:20Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Job 11:209 words
HebrewMeaning
וְ/עֵינֵ֥יwəʿēynēy
and the eyes ofconjH5869
outward appearance · before · think best · colour ···
רְשָׁעִ֗יםrəšāʿiym
wicked peopleadjH7563
condemned · ungodly · wicked · that did wrong
תִּ֫כְלֶ֥ינָהtikəleynāh
they will failverbH3615
cease · consume · determine · destroy ···
וּ֭/מָנוֹסwmānwōs
and a place of escapeconjH4498
apace · way to flee · flight · refuge
אָבַ֣דʾābad
it will be lostverbH6
destroy · not escape · fail · lose ···
מִנְ/הֶ֑םminəhem
from thempronH4480
after · among · at · because of ···
וְ֝/תִקְוָתָ֗/םwətiqəwātām
and hope theirconjH8615
hope · live · thing that I long for
מַֽפַּחmapaḥ
will be a gasp ofnounH4646
נָֽפֶשׁnāpeš
lifenounH5315
appetite · beast · body · breath ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Job 11:20

And when thou thinkest thyself consumed, thou shalt arise like the morning star. For it often comes to pass that so many temptations beset our path, that the very multitude of them almost inclines us to the downfall of desperation. Hence for the most part, when the mind is turned to weariness, it scarce takes account even of the hurts that its virtue sustains, and notwithstanding that it is wholly filled with pain, it is as if it were now dislocated from the sense of pain,…

Gregory the Great · 6th century · Morals on Job, Book 10 §33
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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