Job 15:20

In 11 translations

BSB

A wicked man writhes in pain all his days; only a few years are reserved for the ruthless.

KJV

The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor.

WEB

the wicked man writhes in pain all his days, even the number of years that are laid up for the oppressor.

ASV

The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, Even the number of years that are laid up for the oppressor.

LSV

All [the] days of the wicked he is paining himself, || And few years have been laid up for the terrible one.

YLT

'All days of the wicked he is paining himself, And few years have been laid up for the terrible one.

DBY

All his days the wicked man is tormented, and numbered years are allotted to the violent.

DRC

The wicked man is proud all his days, and the number of the years of his tyranny is uncertain.

GNV

The wicked man is continually as one that traueileth of childe, and the nomber of yeeres is hid from the tyrant.

JPS

The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, even the number of years that are laid up for the oppressor.

LXXE

All the life of the ungodly is spent in care, and the years granted to the oppressor are numbered.

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WLC

כָּל־יְמֵ֣י רָ֭שָׁע ה֣וּא מִתְחוֹלֵ֑ל וּמִסְפַּ֥ר שָׁ֝נִ֗ים נִצְפְּנ֥וּ לֶעָרִֽיץ׃

LXX-Br

Πᾶς ὁ βίος ἀσεβοῦς ἐν φροντίδι, ἔτη δὲ ἀριθμητὰ δεδομένα δυνάστῃ.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Job 27:13This is the wicked man’s portion from God— the heritage the ruthless receive from the Almighty.
• James 5:1–6Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail over the misery to come upon you. Your riches have rotted and moths have eaten your clothes. Your gold and silver are corroded. Their corrosion will testify against you and…
• Job 24:1“Why does the Almighty not reserve times for judgment? Why may those who know Him never see His days?
• Luke 12:19–21Then I will say to myself, “You have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Take it easy. Eat, drink, and be merry!”’ But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be required of you. Then who…
• Ecclesiastes 9:3This is an evil in everything that is done under the sun: There is one fate for everyone. Furthermore, the hearts of men are full of evil and madness while they are alive, and afterward they join the dead.
• Psalms 90:12So teach us to number our days, that we may present a heart of wisdom.
• Romans 8:22We know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until the present time.
• Psalms 90:3–4You return man to dust, saying, “Return, O sons of mortals.” For in Your sight a thousand years are but a day that passes, or a watch of the night.

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