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Job 15:20

The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor.
Job 15:20 · King James Version

In other versions

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

    ASV

  • The evil man is in pain all his days, and the number of the years stored up for the cruel is small.

    BBE

  • All his days the wicked man is tormented, and numbered years are allotted to the violent.

    DBY

  • The wicked man travails with pain all his days, Even the number of years that are laid up for the oppressor.

    WEB

  • `All days of the wicked he is paining himself, And few years have been laid up for the terrible one.

    YLT

  • The wicked man labors with pain all his days, and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor.

    ENG

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

    WBT

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

    BSB

In context

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

19Unto whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger passed among them.

20The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor.

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

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

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