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Job 20:7
Job 20:7 is verse 7 of Job chapter 20, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
he will perish forever, like his own dung; those who had seen him will ask, ‘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?
World English Bible
yet he will perish forever like his own dung. Those who have seen him will say, ‘Where is he?’
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Job 20:5–9 · Berean Standard Bible
5 the triumph of the wicked has been brief and the joy of the godless momentary?
6 Though his arrogance reaches the heavens, and his head touches the clouds,
7 he will perish forever, like his own dung; those who had seen him will ask, ‘Where is he?’
8 He will fly away like a dream, never to be found; he will be chased away like a vision in the night.
9 The eye that saw him will see him no more, and his place will no longer behold him.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
1 Kings 14:10Because of all this, behold, I am bringing disaster on the house of Jeroboam: I will cut off from Jeroboam every male, both slave and free, in Israel; I will burn up the house of Jeroboam as one burns up dung until it is gone!
2 Kings 9:37And Jezebel’s body will lie like dung in the field on the plot of ground at Jezreel, so that no one can say: This is Jezebel.’”
Psalms 83:10who perished at Endor and became like dung on the ground.
Jeremiah 8:2They will be exposed to the sun and moon, and to all the host of heaven which they have loved, served, followed, consulted, and worshiped. Their bones will not be gathered up or buried, but will become like dung lying on the ground.
Job 14:10But a man dies and is laid low; he breathes his last, and where is he?