Job 15:20
The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor.
The wicked man trauaileth with paine all his dayes, and the number of yeeres is hidden to the oppressour.
Narration uses the Pure Cambridge Edition.
PASSAGE SELECTION
Build from either side
Choose up to 10 verses in this chapter. The study tools update with the selected passage.
SCRIPTURE WITH SCRIPTURE
Cross References
5 Essential passages are open for comparison.
From verse 20
- James 5:1–6Rank 1 from verse 20
1GO to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.
2Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.
3Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.
4Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.
5Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter.
6Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he doth not resist you.
1¶ Goe to now, yee rich men, weepe and howle for your miseries that shall come vpon you.
2Your riches are corrupted, and your garments motheaten:
3Your gold and siluer is cankered, and the rust of them shall bee a witnesse against you, and shall eate your flesh as it were fire: ye haue heaped treasure together for the last dayes.
4Beholde, the hire of the labourers which haue reaped downe your fieldes, which is of you kept backe by fraud, cryeth: and the cryes of them which haue reaped, are entred into the eares of the Lord of Sabaoth.
5Yee haue liued in pleasure on the earth, and bene wanton: ye haue nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter:
6Yee haue condemned, and killed the iust, and he doth not resist you.
- Luke 12:19–21Rank 4 from verse 20
19And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.
20But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?
21So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.
19And I will say to my soule, Soule, thou hast much goods layd vp for many yeeres, take thine ease, eate, drinke, and be merry.
20But God said vnto him, Thou foole, this night †thy soule shal be required of thee: then whose shal those things be which thou hast prouided?
21So is he that laieth vp treasure for himselfe, and is not rich towards God.
- Ecclesiastes 9:3Rank 5 from verse 20
3This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead.
3This is an euill among all things that are done vnder the Sunne, that there is one euent vnto all: yea also the heart of the sonnes of men is full of euill, and madnesse is in their heart while they liue, and after that they goe to the dead.
- Psalms 90:12Rank 6 from verse 20
- Psalms 90:3–4Rank 7 from verse 20
3Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men.
4For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night.
3Thou turnest man to destruction: and sayest, Returne yee children of men.
4*‖For a thousand yeeres in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past: and as a watch in the night.
- Romans 8:22Rank 8 from verse 20
WORDS IN THIS PASSAGE
Definitions
Open a word for its full definition and concordance.
DEFINED WORDS
Job 15:20
1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references
Sense 1: Suffering, distress, or bodily torment. Sense 2: As a verb, to cause distress.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references
Sense 1: A count or quantity. Sense 2: To count, reckon, appoint, or include among a group.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references
Periods of twelve months.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references
Concealed, secret, or kept from sight or knowledge.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
One that oppresses; one that imposes unjust burdens on others; one that harasses others with unjust laws or unreasonable severity.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references
READ BEFORE AND AFTER
Surrounding Verses
Nearby Scripture remains separate from the selected passage until you add it.
19Unto whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger passed among them.
19Unto whom alone the earth was giuen, 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.
20The wicked man trauaileth with paine all his dayes, and the number of yeeres is hidden to the oppressour.
Selected passage21A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.
21†A dreadfull sound is in his eares; in prosperitie the destroyer shall come vpon him.