Job 11:20 meaning and explanation
But the eyes of the wicked will fail, and escape will elude them; they will hope for their last breath.”
Job 11:20, Berean Standard Bible
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Zophar, the third of Job's friends, has just finished a speech arguing that Job's suffering must be deserved and that God punishes the wicked. Verse 20 closes his speech with a picture of the wicked person's total collapse: their eyes fail from watching for a way out, no escape appears, and their only remaining hope is death itself.
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