Job 11:20
Old Testament • 7 words with Strong's data
"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."
Word-by-Word Analysis
עַיִן
ʻayin
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
רָשָׁע
râshâʻ
morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person
כָּלָה
kâlâh
to end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitived (to complete, prepare, consume)
מָלַט
mâlaṭ
properly, to be smooth, i.e. (by implication) to escape (as if by slipperiness); causatively, to release or rescue; specifically, to bring forth young...
יָחַל
yâchal
to wait; by implication, to be patient, hope
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
גָּוַע
gâvaʻ
to breathe out, i.e. (by implication) expire
Key Terms in This Verse
נָתַן nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
Study H5414 →מָלַט mâlaṭ
properly, to be smooth, i.e. (by implication) to escape (as if by slipperiness); causatively, to release or rescue; specifically, to bring forth young, emit sparks
Study H4422 →כָּלָה kâlâh
to end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitived (to complete, prepare, consume)
Study H3615 →עַיִן ʻayin
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
Study H5869 →Cross References
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;
Therefore the flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not strengthen his force, neither shall the mighty deliver himself:
His confidence shall be rooted out of his tabernacle, and it shall bring him to the king of terrors.
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;
Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.
For God shall cast upon him, and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand.
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.
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 yo...
I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.
For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?
The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the desire of the righteous shall be granted.
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