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Job 15:20
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A wicked person writhes in pain all his days,throughout the number of years reserved for the ruthless.
The wicked man travails with pain all his days, Even the number of years that are laid up for the oppressor.
The wicked man writhes in pain all his days, through all the years that are laid up for the ruthless.
The wicked suffer pain all their lives; the cruel suffer during all the years saved up for them.
All his days the wicked man suffers torment, throughout the number of the years that are stored up for the tyrant.
"The wicked man writhes with pain all his days, And numbered are the years stored up for him, the ruthless one.
"The wicked person writhes in pain all his days, And the years reserved for the ruthless are numbered.
The wicked man travails with pain all his days, Even the number of years that are laid up for the oppressor.
The wicked man is continually as one that traueileth of childe, and the nomber of yeeres is hid from the tyrant.
The wicked man writhes in pain all his days,And numbered are the years stored up for the ruthless.
A wicked man writhes in pain all his days; only a few years are reserved for the ruthless.
But suffering is in store each day for those who sin.
"The wicked is in torment all his life, for all the years allotted to the tyrant.
All his days the wicked man is tormented, and numbered years are allotted to the violent.
And they said that an evil man suffers all his life. A cruel man suffers all his numbered years.
The wicked man magnifies himself all his days, and the number of the years of the violent man is hidden.
The wicked who oppress others will be in torment as long as they live.
"All of the wicked one's days he is writhing, even through the number of years that are laid up for the tyrant.
All the days of the wicked he is laboring in pain; a number of years are stored up for the ruthless.
The vngodly despayreth all the dayes of his life, & the nombre of a tyrauntes yeares is vnknowne.
The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, Even the number of years that are laid up for the oppressor.
The evil man is in pain all his days, and the number of the years stored up for the cruel is small.
The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, even the number of years that are laid up for the oppressor.
The wicked man trauaileth with paine all his dayes, and the number of yeeres is hidden to the oppressour.
The vngodly soroweth all the dayes of his lyfe as it were a woman with childe, and the number of a tirauntes yeres is vnknowen.
All the life of the ungodly is spent in care, and the years granted to the oppressor are numbered.
The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, even the number of years that are laid up for the oppressor.
A wickid man is proud in alle hise daies; and the noumbre of hise yeeris and of his tirauntrie is vncerteyn.
The wicked man travails with pain all his days, Even the number of years that are laid up for the oppressor.
The wicked man travaileth with pain all [his] days, and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor.
The wicked man writhes with pain all his days, And the number of years is hidden from the oppressor.
"The wicked writhe in pain throughout their lives. Years of trouble are stored up for the ruthless.
The sinful man suffers in pain all his days. His years are numbered because of all his sin.
The wicked writhe in pain all their days, through all the years that are laid up for the ruthless.
All the days of the lawless man, he, doth writhe with pain, and, the number of years, is hidden from the tyrant;
The wicked man is proud all his days, and the number of the years of his tyranny is uncertain.
The wicked man writhes in pain all his days, through all the years that are laid up for the ruthless.
`All days of the wicked he is paining himself, And few years have been laid up for the terrible one.
"The wicked man writhes in pain all his days, And numbered are the years stored up for the ruthless.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
travaileth: Romans 8:22, Ecclesiastes 9:3
the number: Psalms 90:3, Psalms 90:4, Psalms 90:12, Luke 12:19-21, James 5:1-6
Reciprocal: Genesis 4:14 - driven Leviticus 26:16 - terror 1 Samuel 28:20 - sore afraid Esther 5:13 - Yet all this Job 16:17 - Not for Job 21:27 - I know Job 27:13 - the heritage Psalms 7:14 - General Isaiah 48:22 - General Isaiah 57:20 - like Daniel 5:6 - the king's
Cross-References
And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings that were with him, and smote the Rephaims in Ashteroth Karnaim, and the Zuzims in Ham, and the Emins in Shaveh Kiriathaim,
And it shall be as when the harvestman gathereth the corn, and reapeth the ears with his arm; and it shall be as he that gathereth ears in the valley of Rephaim.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
The wicked man travaileth with pain all [his] days,.... Either to commit iniquity, which he is at great pains to do, and even to weariness; and, agreeably to the metaphor used, he conceives it in his heart, he travails with it in his mind, and he brings forth falsehood and a lie, what disappoints him, and which issues in death, eternal death, see Psalms 7:14; or to get wealth and riches, in obtaining of which he pierces himself through with many sorrows; and these being like thorns, in using them he gets many a scratch, and has a good deal of trouble, pain, and uneasiness in keeping them, insomuch that he cannot sleep comfortably through fear of losing them; wherefore he does not enjoy that peace, comfort, and happiness, it may be thought he does; and, besides all this, he has many an inward pain and gripe of conscience for his many sins and transgressions, which lie at the door of conscience, and when it is opened rush in, and make sad work, and put him to great pain and distress; for otherwise this cannot be said of every wicked man, that they are in outward pain and distress, or in uncomfortable circumstances, at least in appearance; for of some it is said, "they are not in trouble as other men, neither are they plagued like other men", Psalms 73:5; they live wholly at ease, and are quiet, and die so, at least seemingly: some restrain this to some particular person whom Eliphaz might have in view; the Targum paraphrases it of wicked Esau, who it was expected would repent, but did not; others think that he had in his eye some notorious oppressor, that had lived formerly, or in his time, as Nimrod, the mighty hunter and tyrant, or Chedorlaomer, who held for some years several kings in subjection to him; but it is much if he does not design Job himself; however, he forms the description of the wicked man in such a manner, that it might as near as possible suit his case, and in many things he plainly refers to it: and this is a sad case indeed, for a wicked man to travail in pain all his days in this life, and in the world to come to suffer the pains of hell fire to all eternity; the pains of a woman, to which the allusion is, are but short at most, but those of the wicked man are for life, yea, for ever; and among the rest of his pains of mind, especially in this world, what follows is one, and which gives much uneasiness: and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor; Mr. Broughton renders it, soon numbered years; that is, few, as the years of man's life at most are but few, and those of the oppressor fewer still, since bloody and deceitful men do not live out half the days of the years of man's life, but are oftentimes cut off in the midst of their days; and be they more or fewer, they are all numbered and fixed, and the number of them is with God, and him only; they are fixed and settled by the decree of God, and laid up in his purposes, and reserved for the oppressor; but they are a secret to him, he does not know how long he shall live, or how soon he may die, and then there will be an end of his oppression and tyranny, and of his enjoyment of his wealth and riches unjustly got; and this frets him, and gives him pain, and makes him uneasy; whereas a good man is easy about it, he is willing to wait his appointed time, till his change comes; he is not so much concerned to know the time of his death as to be in a readiness for it. The Targum paraphrases this of Ishmael the mighty: the oppressor is the same with the wicked man in the preceding clause.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Travaileth with pain - That is, his sorrows are like the pains of parturition. Eliphaz means to say that he is a constant sufferer.
All his days - It seems difficult to see how they could have ever formed this universal maxim. It is certainly not literally true now; nor was it ever. But in order to convey the doctrine that the wicked would be punished in as pointed and striking a manner as possible, it was made to assume this universal form - meaning that the life of the wicked would be miserable. There is some reason to think that this and what follows to the close of the chapter, is an ancient fragment which Eliphaz rehearses as containing the sentiments of a purer age of the world.
And the number of years is hidden to the oppressor - Wemyss renders this, “and a reckoning of years is laid up for the violent.” So, also, Dr. Good. The Vulgate renders it, “and the number of the years of his tyranny is uncertain.” Rosenmuller, Cocceius, Drusius, and some others suppose that there should be understood here and repeated the clause occurring in the first hemistich, and that it means, “and in the number of years which are laid up for the violent man, he is tortured with pain.” Luther renders it, “and to a tyrant is the number of his years concealed.” It is difficult to tell what the passage means. To me, the most probable interpretation is one which I have not met with in any of the books which I have consulted, and which may be thus expressed,” the wicked man will be tormented all his days.” To one who is an oppressor or tyrant, the number of his years is hidden. He has no security of life. He cannot calculate with any certainty on its continuance. The end is hid. A righteous man may make some calculation, and can see the probable end of his days. He may expect to see an honored old age. But tyrants are so often cut down suddenly; they so frequently perish by assassination, and robbers are so often unexpectedly overcome, that there is no calculation which can be formed in respect to the termination of their course. Their end is hid. They die suddenly and disappear. This suits the connection; and the sentiment is, in the main, in accordance with facts as they occur.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Job 15:20. The wicked man travaileth with pain — This is a most forcible truth: a life of sin is a life of misery; and he that WILL sin MUST suffer. One of the Targums gives it a strange turn: - "All the days of the ungodly Esau, he was expected to repent, but he did not repent; and the number of years was hidden from the sturdy Ishmael." The sense of the original, מתחולל mithcholel, is he torments himself: he is a true heautontimoreumenos, or self-tormentor; and he alone is author of his own sufferings, and of his own ruin.
