Job 11:20
Strong's Lexicon
But the eyes
וְעֵינֵ֥י (wə·‘ê·nê)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - cdc
Strong's Hebrew 5869: 1) eye 1a) eye 1a1) of physical eye 1a2) as showing mental qualities 1a3) of mental and spiritual faculties (fig.) 2) spring, fountain

of the wicked
רְשָׁעִ֗ים (rə·šā·‘îm)
Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7563: 1) wicked, criminal 1a) guilty one, one guilty of crime (subst) 1b) wicked (hostile to God) 1c) wicked, guilty of sin (against God or man)

will fail,
תִּ֫כְלֶ֥ינָה (tiḵ·le·nāh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3615: 1) to accomplish, cease, consume, determine, end, fail, finish, be complete, be accomplished, be ended, be at an end, be finished, be spent 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be complete, be at an end 1a2) to be completed, be finished 1a3) to be accomplished, be fulfilled 1a4) to be determined, be plotted (bad sense) 1a5) to be spent, be used up 1a6) to waste away, be exhausted, fail 1a7) to come to an end, vanish, perish, be destroyed 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to complete, bring to an end, finish 1b2) to complete (a period of time) 1b3) to finish (doing a thing) 1b4) to make an end, end 1b5) to accomplish, fulfil, bring to pass 1b6) to accomplish, determine (in thought) 1b7) to put an end to, cause to cease 1b8) to cause to fail, exhaust, use up, spend 1b9) to destroy, exterminate 1c) (Pual) to be finished, be ended, be completed

their escape route
וּ֭מָנוֹס (ū·mā·nō·ws)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4498: 1) flight, refuge, place of escape 1a) flight 1b) refuge, place of escape

will be cut off
אָבַ֣ד (’ā·ḇaḏ)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6: 1) perish, vanish, go astray, be destroyed 1a) (Qal) 1a1) perish, die, be exterminated 1a2) perish, vanish (fig.) 1a3) be lost, strayed 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to destroy, kill, cause to perish, to give up (as lost), exterminate 1b2) to blot out, do away with, cause to vanish, (fig.) 1b3) cause to stray, lose 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to destroy, put to death 1c1a) of divine judgment 1c2) object name of kings (fig.)

מִנְהֶ֑ם (min·hem)
Preposition | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 4480: prep 1) from, out of, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not, more than 1a) from (expressing separation), off, on the side of 1b) out of 1b1) (with verbs of proceeding, removing, expelling) 1b2) (of material from which something is made) 1b3) (of source or origin) 1c) out of, some of, from (partitively) 1d) from, since, after (of time) 1e) than, more than (in comparison) 1f) from...even to, both...and, either...or 1g) than, more than, too much for (in comparisons) 1h) from, on account of, through, because (with infinitive) conj 2) that

and they will hope
וְ֝תִקְוָתָ֗ם (wə·ṯiq·wā·ṯām)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 8615: 1) cord 2) hope, expectation 2a) hope 2b) ground of hope 2c) things hoped for, outcome

for their last breath
מַֽפַּח־ (map·paḥ-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 4646: 1) breathing out, expiring, exhaling (of life)

נָֽפֶשׁ׃ (nā·p̄eš)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5315: 1) soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion 1a) that which breathes, the breathing substance or being, soul, the inner being of man 1b) living being 1c) living being (with life in the blood) 1d) the man himself, self, person or individual 1e) seat of the appetites 1f) seat of emotions and passions 1g) activity of mind 1g1) dubious 1h) activity of the will 1h1) dubious 1i) activity of the character 1i1) dubious

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
But the eyes of the wicked will fail, and escape will elude them; they will hope for their last breath.”

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!

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

New American Standard Bible
"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
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.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
But the eyes of the wicked will fail, and escape will elude them; their hope will become a dying gasp."

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

English Standard Version
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
"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
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
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
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
But the eyes of the wicked fail, and escape eludes them; their one hope is to breathe their last."

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.

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.

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!
















Cross References
Deuteronomy 28:65
And among these nations shalt thou find no ease, neither shall the sole of thy foot have rest: but the LORD shall give thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and sorrow of mind:

Job 6:9
Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!

Job 8:13
So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite's hope shall perish:

Job 12:1
And Job answered and said,

Job 17:5
He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.

Job 27:8
For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?

Job 27:22
For God shall cast upon him, and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand.

Job 34:22
There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.

Psalm 142:4
I looked on my right hand, and beheld, but there was no man that would know me: refuge failed me; no man cared for my soul.

Proverbs 10:28
The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.

Jeremiah 25:35
And the shepherds shall have no way to flee, nor the principal of the flock to escape.
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