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Job 4:20

They are destroyed from morning to evening: they perish for ever without any regarding it.

KJV

De mane usque ad vesperam succidentur ; et quia nullus intelligit, in æternum peribunt.

Vulgate

καὶ ἀπὸ πρωίθεν μέχρι ἑσπέρας οὐκέτι εἰσίν, παρὰ τὸ μὴ δύνασθαι αὐτοὺς ἑαυτοῖς βοηθῆσαι ἀπώλοντο.

LXX

Betwixt morning and evening they are destroyed: They perish for ever without any regarding it.

ASV

מִ/בֹּ֣קֶר לָ/עֶ֣רֶב יֻכַּ֑תּוּ מִ/בְּלִ֥י מֵ֝שִׂ֗ים לָ/נֶ֥צַח יֹאבֵֽדוּ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

בְלִי
bly
noun · 58×
בֹּ֔קֶר
bqr
noun · 214×
יָּ֥שֶׂם
yshm
verb · 581×
כִתְּת֨וּ
kttv
verb · 16×
ם
m
verb · 183×
נֶ֑צַח
ntsch
noun · 43×
עָֽרֶב
'rb
noun · 134×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Job 20:7 — Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they which have seen him shall say, Where is he?
  • Job 20:7 — Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they which have seen him shall say, Where is he?