Job 15:20 “A wicked man writhes in pain all his days; only a few years are reserv…”

Job 15:20

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

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

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

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

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

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

Bible in Basic English

The evil man is in pain all his days, and the number of the years stored up for the cruel is small.

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Cross references

“travaileth”

Romans 8:22 Ecclesiastes 9:3

Romans 8:22 · BSB

We know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until the present time.

Ecclesiastes 9:3 · BSB

This 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.

“the number”

James 5:1–6 Luke 12:19–21 Psalm 90:12 Psalm 90:3 Psalm 90:4

James 5:1–6 · BSB

Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail over the misery to come upon you.

Luke 12:19–21 · BSB

Then I will say to myself, “You have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Take it easy. Eat, drink, and be merry!”’

Psalm 90:12 · BSB

So teach us to number our days, that we may present a heart of wisdom.

Psalm 90:3 · BSB

You return man to dust, saying, “Return, O sons of mortals.”

Psalm 90:4 · BSB

For in Your sight a thousand years are but a day that passes, or a watch of the night.

Also

Job 27:13 Job 24:1

Job 27:13 · BSB

This is the wicked man’s portion from God— the heritage the ruthless receive from the Almighty.

Job 24:1 · BSB

“Why does the Almighty not reserve times for judgment? Why may those who know Him never see His days?

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

19to whom alone the land was given when no foreigner passed among them.

21Sounds of terror fill his ears; in his prosperity the destroyer attacks him.

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