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Green's Literal Translation
Job 20:7
he shall perish forever like his dung; they who see him shall say, Where is he?
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Christian Standard Bible®
he will vanish forever like his own dung.Those who know him will ask, “Where is he?”
he will vanish forever like his own dung.Those who know him will ask, “Where is he?”
Hebrew Names Version
Yet he shall perish forever like his own dung, Those who have seen him shall say, 'Where is he?'
Yet he shall perish forever like his own dung, Those who have seen him shall say, 'Where is he?'
King James Version
Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they which have seen him shall say, Where is he?
Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they which have seen him shall say, Where is he?
English Standard Version
he will perish forever like his own dung; those who have seen him will say, ‘Where is he?'
he will perish forever like his own dung; those who have seen him will say, ‘Where is he?'
New Century Version
but they will be gone forever, like their own dung. People who knew them will say, ‘Where are they?'
but they will be gone forever, like their own dung. People who knew them will say, ‘Where are they?'
New English Translation
he will perish forever, like his own excrement; those who used to see him will say, ‘Where is he?'
he will perish forever, like his own excrement; those who used to see him will say, ‘Where is he?'
Amplified Bible
Yet he perishes forever like his own refuse; Those who have seen him will say, 'Where is he?'
Yet he perishes forever like his own refuse; Those who have seen him will say, 'Where is he?'
New American Standard Bible
He perishes forever like his refuse; Those who have seen him will say, 'Where is he?'
He perishes forever like his refuse; Those who have seen him will say, 'Where is he?'
World English Bible
Yet he shall perish forever like his own dung, Those who have seen him shall say, 'Where is he?'
Yet he shall perish forever like his own dung, Those who have seen him shall say, 'Where is he?'
Geneva Bible (1587)
Yet shall hee perish for euer, like his dung, and they which haue seene him, shall say, Where is hee?
Yet shall hee perish for euer, like his dung, and they which haue seene him, shall say, Where is hee?
Legacy Standard Bible
He perishes forever like his refuse;Those who have seen him will say, ‘Where is he?'
He perishes forever like his refuse;Those who have seen him will say, ‘Where is he?'
Berean Standard Bible
he will perish forever, like his own dung; those who had seen him will ask, 'Where is he?'
he will perish forever, like his own dung; those who had seen him will ask, 'Where is he?'
Contemporary English Version
they will disappear like dust, and those who knew them will wonder what happened.
they will disappear like dust, and those who knew them will wonder what happened.
Complete Jewish Bible
but he will vanish completely, like his own dung — those who used to see him will ask, ‘Where is he?'
but he will vanish completely, like his own dung — those who used to see him will ask, ‘Where is he?'
Darby Translation
Like his own dung doth he perish for ever; they which have seen him shall say, Where is he?
Like his own dung doth he perish for ever; they which have seen him shall say, Where is he?
Easy-to-Read Version
But he will be gone forever like his own body waste. People who knew him will say, ‘Where is he?'
But he will be gone forever like his own body waste. People who knew him will say, ‘Where is he?'
George Lamsa Translation
Yet he shall perish for ever like a whirlwind; those who have seen him shall say, Where is he?
Yet he shall perish for ever like a whirlwind; those who have seen him shall say, Where is he?
Good News Translation
but they will be blown away like dust. Those who used to know them will wonder where they have gone.
but they will be blown away like dust. Those who used to know them will wonder where they have gone.
Lexham English Bible
he will perish forever like his dung; those who have seen him will say, ‘Where is he?'
he will perish forever like his dung; those who have seen him will say, ‘Where is he?'
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
yet he perisheth at the last like donge: In so moch yt they which haue sene him, saye: Where is he?
yet he perisheth at the last like donge: In so moch yt they which haue sene him, saye: Where is he?
American Standard Version
Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: They that have seen him shall say, Where is he?
Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: They that have seen him shall say, Where is he?
Bible in Basic English
Like the waste from his body he comes to an end for ever: those who have seen him say, Where is he?
Like the waste from his body he comes to an end for ever: those who have seen him say, Where is he?
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung; they that have seen him shall say: 'Where is he?'
Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung; they that have seen him shall say: 'Where is he?'
King James Version (1611)
Yet he shall perish for euer, like his owne doung: they which haue seene him, shall say, Where is he?
Yet he shall perish for euer, like his owne doung: they which haue seene him, shall say, Where is he?
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Yet at a turne he perisheth for euer, insomuch that they which haue seene him, shall say, Where is he?
Yet at a turne he perisheth for euer, insomuch that they which haue seene him, shall say, Where is he?
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
For when he shall seem to be now established, then he shall utterly perish: and they that knew him shall say, Where is he?
For when he shall seem to be now established, then he shall utterly perish: and they that knew him shall say, Where is he?
English Revised Version
Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they which have seen him shall say, Where is he?
Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they which have seen him shall say, Where is he?
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
he schal be lost in the ende, as a dunghil; and, thei that sien hym, schulen seie, Where is he?
he schal be lost in the ende, as a dunghil; and, thei that sien hym, schulen seie, Where is he?
Update Bible Version
Yet he shall perish forever like his own dung: Those that have seen him shall say, Where is he?
Yet he shall perish forever like his own dung: Those that have seen him shall say, Where is he?
Webster's Bible Translation
[Yet] he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they who have seen him shall say, Where [is] he?
[Yet] he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they who have seen him shall say, Where [is] he?
New King James Version
Yet he will perish forever like his own refuse; Those who have seen him will say, "Where is he?'
Yet he will perish forever like his own refuse; Those who have seen him will say, "Where is he?'
New Living Translation
yet they will vanish forever, thrown away like their own dung. Those who knew them will ask, ‘Where are they?'
yet they will vanish forever, thrown away like their own dung. Those who knew them will ask, ‘Where are they?'
New Life Bible
he will be gone forever, like his own waste. Those who have seen him will say, ‘Where is he?'
he will be gone forever, like his own waste. Those who have seen him will say, ‘Where is he?'
New Revised Standard
they will perish forever like their own dung; those who have seen them will say, ‘Where are they?'
they will perish forever like their own dung; those who have seen them will say, ‘Where are they?'
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Like his own stubble, shall he utterly perish, They who had seen him, shall say, Where is he?
Like his own stubble, shall he utterly perish, They who had seen him, shall say, Where is he?
Douay-Rheims Bible
In the end he shall be destroyed like a dunghill, and they that had seen him, shall say: Where is he?
In the end he shall be destroyed like a dunghill, and they that had seen him, shall say: Where is he?
Revised Standard Version
he will perish for ever like his own dung; those who have seen him will say, 'Where is he?'
he will perish for ever like his own dung; those who have seen him will say, 'Where is he?'
Young's Literal Translation
As his own dung for ever he doth perish, His beholders say: `Where [is] he?'
As his own dung for ever he doth perish, His beholders say: `Where [is] he?'
New American Standard Bible (1995)
He perishes forever like his refuse; Those who have seen him will say, 'Where is he?'
He perishes forever like his refuse; Those who have seen him will say, 'Where is he?'
Contextual Overview
1 And Zophar the Naamathite answered and said: 2 So my thoughts cause me to answer, even because of my haste in me. 3 I have heard the instruction of my chastisement; and the spirit from my understanding makes me reply. 4 Do you know this from of old, from the setting of man on earth, 5 that the exulting of the wicked is near an end , and the joy of the ungodly is for a moment? 6 Though his height mounts up to the heavens, and his head touches to the clouds, 7 he shall perish forever like his dung; they who see him shall say, Where is he? 8 He flies off like a dream, and is not found; and is driven away like a night vision. 9 An eye glimpsed him, but will not again; yea, his place shall not again see him.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
perish: 1 Kings 14:10, 2 Kings 9:37, Psalms 83:10, Jeremiah 8:2
shall say: Job 14:10
Reciprocal: Job 4:20 - without Job 20:9 - The eye Job 21:28 - Where Job 27:19 - he openeth Psalms 41:5 - his name Psalms 52:5 - pluck Isaiah 41:12 - shalt seek Obadiah 1:4 - exalt Malachi 2:3 - spread Philippians 3:8 - but dung
Cross-References
Genesis 2:17
but of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil you may not eat, for in the day that you eat of it, dying you shall die.
but of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil you may not eat, for in the day that you eat of it, dying you shall die.
Genesis 12:15
And Pharaoh's princes saw her, and they praised her before Pharaoh. And the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house.
And Pharaoh's princes saw her, and they praised her before Pharaoh. And the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house.
Genesis 12:17
And Jehovah touched Pharaoh and his house with great plagues on the word of Sarai, Abram's wife.
And Jehovah touched Pharaoh and his house with great plagues on the word of Sarai, Abram's wife.
Genesis 20:1
And Abraham pulled up stakes from there to the land of the Negeb, and lived between Kadesh and Shur, and stayed in Gerar.
And Abraham pulled up stakes from there to the land of the Negeb, and lived between Kadesh and Shur, and stayed in Gerar.
Genesis 20:2
And Abraham said with regards to his wife Sarah, She is my sister. And Abimelech the king of Gerar sent and took Sarah.
And Abraham said with regards to his wife Sarah, She is my sister. And Abimelech the king of Gerar sent and took Sarah.
Genesis 20:3
But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night and said to him, Behold, you are about to die because of the woman you have taken, she being married to a husband.
But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night and said to him, Behold, you are about to die because of the woman you have taken, she being married to a husband.
Genesis 20:4
And Abimelech had not come near her. And he said, O Lord, will You slay even a righteous nation?
And Abimelech had not come near her. And he said, O Lord, will You slay even a righteous nation?
Genesis 20:5
And did he not say to me, She is my sister? And she, even she herself said, He is my brother. In the honor of my heart and the purity of my hands I have done this.
And did he not say to me, She is my sister? And she, even she herself said, He is my brother. In the honor of my heart and the purity of my hands I have done this.
Genesis 20:6
And God said to him in a dream, Yes, I know that you did this in the honor of your heart, and I also withheld you from sinning against Me. On account of this I did not allow you to touch her.
And God said to him in a dream, Yes, I know that you did this in the honor of your heart, and I also withheld you from sinning against Me. On account of this I did not allow you to touch her.
Genesis 20:9
And Abimelech called Abraham and said to him, What have you done to us? And in what have I offended you that you have brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? You have done things to me that ought not to be done.
And Abimelech called Abraham and said to him, What have you done to us? And in what have I offended you that you have brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? You have done things to me that ought not to be done.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
[Yet] he shall perish for ever like his own dung,.... Not only in this world, but in the world to come, both in his outward substance here, and in his body in the grave, and in his soul to all eternity, and that in the most shameful and disgraceful manner; he shall perish in his own corruption, and like his own dung inevitably, which is never returned to its place again: dead bodies were reckoned by the ancients as dung, and the carcasses of men are rather to be cast out than dung i; and the Arabians used, to bury in dunghills even their kings k; to which some l think the allusion is:
they which have seen him shall say, where [is] he? such as formerly gazed at him, in his prosperity, with wonder and amazement at his grandeur and greatness, now being removed from his outward splendour, or from the world, by death, ask where he is, not being able to see him in his former lustre, nor in the land of the living; see Job 14:10.
i Heraclitus apud Strabo. Geograph. l. 16. p. 539. k Strabo, ib. l Pineda in loc.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Job 20:7. He 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 confirmed.
Like his own dung — His reputation shall be abominable, and his putrid carcass shall resemble his own excrement. A speech that partakes as much of the malevolence as of the asperity of Zophar's spirit.
