Job 15:20
Strong's Lexicon
A wicked
רָ֭שָׁע (rā·šā‘)
Adjective - masculine singular
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)

man writhes in pain
מִתְחוֹלֵ֑ל (miṯ·ḥō·w·lêl)
Verb - Hitpael - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2342: 1) to twist, whirl, dance, writhe, fear, tremble, travail, be in anguish, be pained 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to dance 1a2) to twist, writhe 1a3) to whirl, whirl about 1b) (Polel) 1b1) to dance 1b2) to writhe (in travail with), bear, bring forth 1b3) to wait anxiously 1c) (Pulal) 1c1) to be made to writhe, be made to bear 1c2) to be brought forth 1d) (Hophal) to be born 1e) (Hithpolel) 1e1) whirling (participle) 1e2) writhing, suffering torture (participle) 1e3) to wait longingly 1f) (Hithpalpel) to be distressed

all
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3605: 1) all, the whole 1a) all, the whole of 1b) any, each, every, anything 1c) totality, everything

his
ה֣וּא ()
Pronoun - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1931: pron 3p s 1) he, she, it 1a) himself (with emphasis) 1b) resuming subj with emphasis 1c) (with minimum emphasis following predicate) 1d) (anticipating subj) 1e) (emphasising predicate) 1f) that, it (neuter) demons pron 2) that (with article)

days;
יְמֵ֣י (yə·mê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 3117: 1) day, time, year 1a) day (as opposed to night) 1b) day (24 hour period) 1b1) as defined by evening and morning in Genesis 1 1b2) as a division of time 1b2a) a working day, a day's journey 1c) days, lifetime (pl.) 1d) time, period (general) 1e) year 1f) temporal references 1f1) today 1f2) yesterday 1f3) tomorrow

only a few
וּמִסְפַּ֥ר (ū·mis·par)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 4557: 1) number, tale 1a) number 1a1) number 1a2) innumerable (with negative) 1a3) few, numerable (alone) 1a4) by count, in number, according to number (with prep) 1b) recounting, relation

years
שָׁ֝נִ֗ים (nîm)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 8141: 1) year 1a) as division of time 1b) as measure of time 1c) as indication of age 1d) a lifetime (of years of life)

are reserved
נִצְפְּנ֥וּ (niṣ·pə·nū)
Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 6845: 1) to hide, treasure, treasure or store up 1a)(Qal) 1a1) to hide, treasure, treasure up 1a2) to lie hidden, lurk 1b) (Niphal) to be hidden, be stored up 1c) (Hiphil) to hide, hide from discovery

for the ruthless.
לֶעָרִֽיץ׃ (le·‘ā·rîṣ)
Preposition-l, Article | Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6184: 1) awe-inspiring, terror-striking, awesome, terrifying, ruthless, mighty

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
A wicked man writhes in pain all his days; only a few years are reserved for the ruthless.

Young's Literal Translation
‘All days of the wicked he is paining himself, And few years have been laid up for the terrible one.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
A wicked man writhes in pain all  his  days; only a few years are reserved for  the  ruthless.

New American Standard Bible
"The wicked man writhes in pain all [his] days, And numbered are the years stored up for the ruthless.

King James Bible
The wicked man travaileth with pain all [his] days, and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
All his days the wicked man suffers torment, the ruthless man through all the years stored up for him.

New Living Translation
"The wicked writhe in pain throughout their lives. Years of trouble are stored up for the ruthless.

English Standard Version
The wicked man writhes in pain all his days, through all the years that are laid up for the ruthless.

New American Standard Bible
"The wicked man writhes in pain all his days, And numbered are the years stored up for the ruthless.

King James Bible
The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
A wicked man writhes in pain all his days; only a few years are reserved for the ruthless.

International Standard Version
"The wicked person writhes in pain throughout his life, a number of years has been reserved for the ruthless.

NET Bible
All his days the wicked man suffers torment, throughout the number of the years that are stored up for the tyrant.

American Standard Version
The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, Even the number of years that are laid up for the oppressor.

English Revised Version
The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, even the number of years that are laid up for the oppressor.

Young's Literal Translation
'All days of the wicked he is paining himself, And few years have been laid up for the terrible one.
















Cross References
Job 15:19
Unto whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger passed among them.

Job 15:24
Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid; they shall prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.

Job 24:1
Why, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that know him not see his days?

Job 27:13
This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, which they shall receive of the Almighty.

Job 1:1
There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.

Job 15:18
Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid it:

Job 15:17
I will shew thee, hear me; and that which I have seen I will declare;

Job 15:21
A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.

Job 15:22
He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword.

Job 15:23
He wandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
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