Job 11:20
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New International Version (©2011)
But the eyes of the wicked will fail, and escape will elude them; their hope will become a dying gasp."

New Living Translation (©2007)
But the wicked will be blinded. They will have no escape. Their only hope is death."

English Standard Version (©2001)
But the eyes of the wicked will fail; all way of escape will be lost to them, and their hope is to breathe their last.”

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
"But the eyes of the wicked will fail, And there will be no escape for them; And their hope is to breathe their last."

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
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.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
But the sight of the wicked will fail. Their way of escape will be cut off, and their only hope is their last breath.

International Standard Version (©2012)
But what the wicked look for will fail; their way of escape will be taken away from them; their only hope is to take their final breath."

NET Bible (©2006)
But the eyes of the wicked fail, and escape eludes them; their one hope is to breathe their last."

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
But the wicked will lose their eyesight. Their escape route will be closed. Their only hope is to take their last breath."

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope shall be as one dying.

American King James Version
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.

American Standard Version
But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, And they shall have no way to flee; And their hope shall be the giving up of the ghost.

Douay-Rheims Bible
But the eyes of the wicked shall decay, and the way to escape shall fail them, and their hope the abomination of the soul.

Darby Bible Translation
But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and all refuge shall vanish from them, and their hope shall be the breathing out of life.

English Revised Version
But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall have no way to flee, and their hope shall be the giving up of the ghost.

Webster's Bible Translation
But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope shall be as the expiration of the breath.

World English Bible
But the eyes of the wicked shall fail. They shall have no way to flee. Their hope shall be the giving up of the spirit."

Young's Literal Translation
And the eyes of the wicked are consumed, And refuge hath perished from them, And their hope is a breathing out of soul!

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

But the eyes of the wicked shall fail,.... Either through grief and envy at Job's prosperity, and with looking for his fall into troubles again; or rather through expectation of good things for themselves, and for deliverance out of trouble, but all in vain; see Lamentations 4:17;

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Barnes' Notes on the Bible

But the eyes of the wicked shall fail - That is, they shall be wearied out by anxiously looking for relief from their miseries. "Noyes." Their expectation shall be vain, and they shall find no relief. Perhaps Zophar here means to apply this to Job, and to say to him that with his present views and character, his hope of relief would fail. His only hope of relief was in a change - in turning to God - since it was a settled maxim that the wicked would look for relief in vain. This assumption that he was a wicked man, must have been among the most trying things that Job had to endure. Indeed nothing could he more provoking than to have others take it for granted as a matter that did not admit of argument, that he was a hypocrite, and that God was dealing with him as an incorrigible sinner.

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Clarke's Commentary on the Bible

The eyes of the wicked shall fail - They shall be continually looking out for help and deliverance; but their expectation shall be cut off.

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Geneva Study Bible

But the eyes {k} of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope shall be as the giving up of the ghost.

(k) He shows that contrary things will come to them who do not repent.

Wesley's Notes

11:20 Fail - Either with grief and tears for their sore calamities: or with long looking for what they shall never attain. Their hope - They shall never obtain deliverance out of their distresses, but shall perish in them. Ghost - Shall be as vain and desperate as the hope of life is in a man, when he is at the very point of death.

King James Translators' Notes

they shall...: Heb. flight shall perish from them

the giving...: or, a puff of breath

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

20. A warning to Job, if he would not turn to God.

The wicked-that is, obdurate sinners.

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Job 11:20 Parallel Commentaries
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Zophar Rebukes Job
…18And you shall be secure, because there is hope; yes, you shall dig about you, and you shall take your rest in safety. 19Also you shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid; yes, many shall make suit to you. 20But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope shall be as the giving up of the ghost.

Deuteronomy 28:65 Among those nations you will find no repose, no resting place for the sole of your foot. There the LORD will give you an anxious mind, eyes weary with longing, and a despairing heart.
Job 6:9 that God would be willing to crush me, to let loose his hand and cut off my life!
Job 8:13 Such is the destiny of all who forget God; so perishes the hope of the godless.
Job 12:1 Then Job replied:
Job 17:5 If anyone denounces their friends for reward, the eyes of their children will fail.
Job 27:8 For what hope have the godless when they are cut off, when God takes away their life?
Job 27:22 It hurls itself against him without mercy as he flees headlong from its power.
Job 34:22 There is no deep shadow, no utter darkness, where evildoers can hide.
Psalm 142:4 Look and see, there is no one at my right hand; no one is concerned for me. I have no refuge; no one cares for my life.
Proverbs 10:28 The prospect of the righteous is joy, but the hopes of the wicked come to nothing.
Jeremiah 25:35 The shepherds will have nowhere to flee, the leaders of the flock no place to escape.