Job 15:20 · KJV
“The wicked man travaileth with pain all {his} days, and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor.”
— Job 15:20
Unto whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger passed among them.
A dreadful sound {is} in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him. {A dreadful...: Heb. A sound of fears}
Job 15 — Context
Which 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. {A dreadful...: Heb. A sound of fears}
22He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword.
Cross References
James 5:1-6
Go to now, {ye} rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon {you}.
Job 27:13
This {is} the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, {which} they shall receive of the Almighty.
Job 24:1
Why, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that know him not see his days?
Luke 12:19-21
And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, {and} be merry.
Romans 8:22
For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now. {the...: or, every creature}
Psalms 90:12
So teach {us} to number our days, that we may apply {our} hearts unto wisdom. {apply: Heb. cause to come}
Ecclesiastes 9:3
This {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.
Psalms 90:3-4
Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men.