Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
Those who know
New American Standard Bible
Those who have seen him
King James Version
Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they which have seen him shall say, Where is he?
International Standard Version
he'll perish forever, like his own excrement; those who saw him will ask, "Where is he?'
A Conservative Version
yet he shall perish forever like his own dung. Those who have seen him shall say, Where is he?
American Standard Version
Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: They that have seen him shall say, Where is he?
Amplified
Yet he perishes forever like his own refuse;
Those who have seen him will say, ‘Where is he?’
Bible in Basic English
Like the waste from his body he comes to an end for ever: those who have seen him say, Where is he?
Darby Translation
Like his own dung doth he perish for ever; they which have seen him shall say, Where is he?
Julia Smith Translation
As his dung he shall perish forever: they seeing him shall say, Where is he?
King James 2000
Yet he shall perish forever like his own refuse: they who have seen him shall say, Where is he?
Lexham Expanded Bible
he will perish forever like his dung; [those who] have seen him will say, 'Where [is] he?'
Modern King James verseion
he shall perish forever like his dung; they who see him shall say, Where is he?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
yet he perisheth at the last, like dung. Insomuch that they which have seen him, say, 'Where is he?'
NET Bible
he will perish forever, like his own excrement; those who used to see him will say, 'Where is he?'
New Heart English Bible
yet he shall perish forever like his own dung. Those who have seen him shall say, 'Where is he?'
The Emphasized Bible
Like his own stubble, shall he utterly perish, They who had seen him, shall say, Where is he?
Webster
Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they who have seen him shall say, Where is he?
World English Bible
yet he shall perish forever like his own dung. Those who have seen him shall say, 'Where is he?'
Youngs Literal Translation
As his own dung for ever he doth perish, His beholders say: 'Where is he?'
Interlinear
'abad
Netsach
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 20:7
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Wicked Person's Joy Is Short, His Pain Long
6
and his head touches the clouds,
Those who know
he will be chased away like a vision in the night.
Names
Cross References
1 Kings 14:10
Because of all this, I am about to bring disaster on the house of Jeroboam:
both slave and free,
I will sweep away the house of Jeroboam
as one sweeps away dung until it is all gone!
2 Kings 9:37
Jezebel’s corpse will be like manure
Job 14:10
he breathes his last—where is he?
Psalm 83:10
they became manure for the ground.
Job 4:20
they perish forever while no one notices.
Job 7:10
his hometown will no longer remember
Job 8:18
it will deny knowing him, saying, “I never saw you.”
Jeremiah 8:2
They will be exposed