Job 11:20

But the eyes of the wicked fail, ¹  and escape ²  eludes them; their one hope ³  is to breathe their last.” ⁴ 

biblegateway Job 11:20

But the eyes of the wicked will fail, and escape will elude them; their hope will become a dying gasp."

biblegateway Job 11:20

"But the eyes of the wicked will fail, And there will be no escape for them; And their hope is to breathe their last."

biblegateway Job 11:20

But the wicked will lose hope. They have no escape. Their hope becomes despair."

biblegateway Job 11:20

But the wicked will see none of this. They're headed down a dead-end road with nothing to look forward to--nothing."

SABDAweb Job 11:20

But the eyes of the evil-doers will be wasting away; their way of flight is gone, and their only hope is the taking of their last breath.

bibleoremus Job 11:20

But the eyes of the wicked will fail; all way of escape will be lost to them, and their hope is to breathe their last."

biblegateway Job 11:20

But the eyes of the wicked will fail, And they shall not escape, And their hope––loss of life!"

biblegateway Job 11:20

But the eyes of the wicked fail, ¹  and escape ²  eludes them; their one hope ³  is to breathe their last.” ⁴ 

¹ tn The verb כָּלָה (kalah) means “to fail, cease, fade away.” The fading of the eyes, i.e., loss of sight, loss of life’s vitality, indicates imminent death.

² tn Heb a “place of escape” (with this noun pattern). There is no place to escape to because they all perish.

³ tn The word is to be interpreted as a metonymy; it represents what is hoped for.

⁴ tn Heb “the breathing out of the soul”; cf. KJV, ASV “the giving up of the ghost.” The line is simply saying that the brightest hope that the wicked have is death.