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Job 15:20
Job 15:20 is verse 20 of Job chapter 15, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
A wicked man writhes in pain all his days; only a few years are reserved for the ruthless.
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.
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Job 15:18–22 · Berean Standard Bible
18 what was declared by wise men and was not concealed from their fathers,
19 to whom alone the land was given when no foreigner passed among them.
20 A wicked man writhes in pain all his days; only a few years are reserved for the ruthless.
21 Sounds of terror fill his ears; in his prosperity the destroyer attacks him.
22 He despairs of his return from darkness; he is marked for the sword.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Romans 8:22We know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until the present time.
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 90:3You return man to dust, saying, “Return, O sons of mortals.”
Psalms 90:4For in Your sight a thousand years are but a day that passes, or a watch of the night.
Psalms 90:12So teach us to number our days, that we may present a heart of wisdom.
Luke 12:19Then I will say to myself, “You have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Take it easy. Eat, drink, and be merry!”’
Luke 12:20But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be required of you. Then who will own what you have accumulated?’
Luke 12:21This is how it will be for anyone who stores up treasure for himself but is not rich toward God.”
James 5:1Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail over the misery to come upon you.
James 5:2Your riches have rotted and moths have eaten your clothes.
James 5:3Your gold and silver are corroded. Their corrosion will testify against you and consume your flesh like fire. You have hoarded treasure in the last days.
James 5:4Look, the wages you withheld from the workmen who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts.
James 5:5You have lived on earth in luxury and self-indulgence. You have fattened your hearts in the day of slaughter.
James 5:6You have condemned and murdered the righteous, who did not resist you.