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A fire unfanned will consume him and devour what is left in his tent.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/job/20.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Their treasures will be thrown into deepest darkness. A wildfire will devour their goods, consuming all they have left.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/job/20.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Utter darkness is laid up for his treasures; a fire not fanned will devour him; what is left in his tent will be consumed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/job/20.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Total darkness is reserved for his treasures. A fire unfanned will consume him and devour what is left in his tent.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/job/20.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />All darkness <i>shall be</i> hid in his secret places: a fire not blown shall consume him; it shall go ill with him that is left in his tabernacle.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/job/20.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Total darkness <i>is</i> reserved for his treasures. An unfanned fire will consume him; It shall go ill with him who is left in his tent.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/job/20.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Complete darkness is held in reserve for his treasures, And unfanned fire will devour him; It will consume the survivor in his tent.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/job/20.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Complete darkness is held in reserve for his treasures, And unfanned fire will devour him; It will consume the survivor in his tent.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/job/20.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Complete darkness is held in reserve for his treasures, And unfanned fire will devour him; It will consume the survivor in his tent.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/job/20.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Complete darkness is held in reserve for his treasures; A fire unfanned will devour him; It will consume the survivor in his tent.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/job/20.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Complete darkness (misfortune) is held in reserve for his treasures. An unfanned fire will devour him; It will consume the survivor in his tent.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/job/20.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Total darkness is reserved for his treasures. A fire unfanned by human hands will consume him; it will feed on what is left in his tent.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/job/20.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Total darkness is reserved for his treasures. A fire unfanned by human hands will consume him; it will feed on what is left in his tent. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/job/20.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />All darkness is laid up for his treasures: A fire not blown by man shall devour him; It shall consume that which is left in his tent.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/job/20.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />and what they treasure most will be lost in the dark. God will send flames to destroy them in their tents with all their property. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/job/20.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />All darkness is laid up for his treasures: a fire not blown by man shall devour him; it shall consume that which is left in his tent.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/job/20.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Total darkness waits in hiding for his treasure. A fire that no one fans will burn him. Whatever is left in his tent will be devoured.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/job/20.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Everything they have saved is destroyed; a fire not lit by human hands burns them and all their family. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/job/20.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"Total darkness has been reserved for his treasures; a fire that has no need to be kindled will devour him and consume whatever remains in his possession. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/job/20.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Total darkness is reserved for his treasures. A fire unfanned will consume him and devour what is left in his tent.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/job/20.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Total darkness waits to receive his treasures; a fire which has not been kindled will consume him and devour what is left in his tent. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/job/20.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />All darkness is laid up for his treasures. An unfanned fire shall devour him. It shall consume that which is left in his tent.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/job/20.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />All darkness shall be hid in his secret places: a fire not blown shall consume him; it shall go ill with him that is left in his tabernacle.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/job/20.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />All darkness is laid up for his treasures. An unfanned fire will devour him. It will consume that which is left in his tent. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/job/20.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />All darkness is hid for his treasures, "" A fire not blown consumes him, "" The remnant is broken in his tent.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/job/20.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> All darkness is hid for his treasures, Consume him doth a fire not blown, Broken is the remnant in his tent.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/job/20.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />All darkness hid for his secret places: a fire not blown upon shall devour him; and the remaining one shall do evil upon his tent.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/job/20.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />All darkness is hid in his secret places: a fire that is not kindled shall devour him, he shall be afflicted when left in his tabernacle. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/job/20.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />All darkness has been hidden in his secrecy. A fire that has not been set will devour him; he will be thrown down and forsaken in his tabernacle.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/job/20.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Complete darkness is in store for his treasured ones; a fire unfanned shall consume him; any survivor in his tent shall be destroyed. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/job/20.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Utter darkness is laid up for their treasures; a fire fanned by no one will devour them; what is left in their tent will be consumed.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/job/20.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />All darkness is kept in store for his posterity; a blazing fire shall consume him; and the one who is left in his tent shall be destroyed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/job/20.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And all darkness is hidden for his generations; fire will consume him that he will not breathe, and a survivor will do evil in his tabernacle<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/job/20.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />All darkness is laid up for his treasures; A fire not blown by man shall consume him; It shall go ill with him that is left in his tent.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/job/20.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And let all darkness wait for him: a fire that burns not out shall consume him; and let a stranger plague his house.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/job/20-26.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XAwuD5NuZq0?start=3146" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/job/20.htm">Zophar: Destruction Awaits the Wicked</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">25</span>It is drawn out of his back, the gleaming point from his liver. Terrors come over him. <span class="reftext">26</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">Total</a> <a href="/hebrew/2822.htm" title="2822: ḥō·šeḵ (N-ms) -- From chashak; the dark; hence darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness.">darkness</a> <a href="/hebrew/2934.htm" title="2934: ṭā·mūn (V-Qal-QalPassPrtcpl-ms) -- To hide, conceal. A primitive root; to hide.">is reserved</a> <a href="/hebrew/6845.htm" title="6845: liṣ·pū·nāw (Prep-l:: V-Qal-QalPassPrtcpl-mpc:: 3ms) -- A primitive root; to hide; by implication, to hoard or reserve; figuratively to deny; specifically to protect, to lurk.">for his treasures.</a> <a href="/hebrew/784.htm" title="784: ’êš (N-cs) -- A fire. A primitive word; fire.">A fire</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō- (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">unfanned</a> <a href="/hebrew/5301.htm" title="5301: nup·pāḥ (V-Pual-Perf-3ms) -- To breathe, blow. A primitive root; to puff, in various applications."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3415.htm" title="3415: yê·ra‘ (V-Qal-Imperf.Jus-3ms) -- To quiver. A primitive root; properly, to be broken up i.e. to fear."></a> <a href="/hebrew/398.htm" title="398: tə·’ā·ḵə·lê·hū (V-Qal-Imperf-3fs:: 3ms) -- To eat. A primitive root; to eat.">will consume him</a> <a href="/hebrew/8300.htm" title="8300: śā·rîḏ (N-ms) -- A survivor. From sarad; a survivor.">and devour what is left</a> <a href="/hebrew/168.htm" title="168: bə·’ā·ho·lōw (Prep-b:: N-msc:: 3ms) -- A tent. From 'ahal; a tent.">in his tent.</a> </span><span class="reftext">27</span>The heavens will expose his iniquity, and the earth will rise up against him.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/25-30.htm">Matthew 25:30</a></span><br />And throw that worthless servant into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/33-11.htm">Isaiah 33:11-14</a></span><br />You conceive chaff; you give birth to stubble. Your breath is a fire that will consume you. / The peoples will be burned to ashes, like thorns cut down and set ablaze. / You who are far off, hear what I have done; you who are near, acknowledge My might.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/16-23.htm">Luke 16:23-24</a></span><br />In Hades, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham from afar, with Lazarus by his side. / So he cried out, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue. For I am in agony in this fire.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/14-10.htm">Revelation 14:10-11</a></span><br />he too will drink the wine of God’s anger, poured undiluted into the cup of His wrath. And he will be tormented in fire and sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and of the Lamb. / And the smoke of their torment rises forever and ever. Day and night there is no rest for those who worship the beast and its image, or for anyone who receives the mark of its name.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/11-6.htm">Psalm 11:6</a></span><br />On the wicked He will rain down fiery coals and sulfur; a scorching wind will be their portion.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_thessalonians/1-8.htm">2 Thessalonians 1:8-9</a></span><br />in blazing fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. / They will suffer the penalty of eternal destruction, separated from the presence of the Lord and the glory of His might,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/66-24.htm">Isaiah 66:24</a></span><br />“As they go forth, they will see the corpses of the men who have rebelled against Me; for their worm will never die, their fire will never be quenched, and they will be a horror to all mankind.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/20-15.htm">Revelation 20:15</a></span><br />And if anyone was found whose name was not written in the Book of Life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/21-9.htm">Psalm 21:9</a></span><br />You will place them in a fiery furnace at the time of Your appearing. In His wrath the LORD will engulf them, and the fire will consume them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/13-41.htm">Matthew 13:41-42</a></span><br />The Son of Man will send out His angels, and they will weed out of His kingdom every cause of sin and all who practice lawlessness. / And they will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/22-20.htm">Ezekiel 22:20-21</a></span><br />Just as one gathers silver, copper, iron, lead, and tin into the furnace to melt with a fiery blast, so I will gather you in My anger and wrath, leave you there, and melt you. / Yes, I will gather you together and blow on you with the fire of My wrath, and you will be melted within the city.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/19-20.htm">Revelation 19:20</a></span><br />But the beast was captured along with the false prophet, who on its behalf had performed signs deceiving those who had the mark of the beast and worshiped its image. Both the beast and the false prophet were thrown alive into the fiery lake of burning sulfur.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/malachi/4-1.htm">Malachi 4:1</a></span><br />“For behold, the day is coming, burning like a furnace, when all the arrogant and every evildoer will be stubble; the day is coming when I will set them ablaze,” says the LORD of Hosts. “Not a root or branch will be left to them.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/3-12.htm">Matthew 3:12</a></span><br />His winnowing fork is in His hand to clear His threshing floor and to gather His wheat into the barn; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nahum/1-6.htm">Nahum 1:6</a></span><br />Who can withstand His indignation? Who can endure His burning anger? His wrath is poured out like fire; even rocks are shattered before Him.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">All darkness shall be hid in his secret places: a fire not blown shall consume him; it shall go ill with him that is left in his tabernacle.</p><p class="hdg">darkness</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/18-5.htm">Job 18:5,6</a></b></br> Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/8-22.htm">Isaiah 8:22</a></b></br> And they shall look unto the earth; and behold trouble and darkness, dimness of anguish; and <i>they shall be</i> driven to darkness.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/matthew/8-12.htm">Matthew 8:12</a></b></br> But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.</p><p class="hdg">a fire</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/21-9.htm">Psalm 21:9</a></b></br> Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger: the LORD shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/120-4.htm">Psalm 120:4</a></b></br> Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/30-33.htm">Isaiah 30:33</a></b></br> For Tophet <i>is</i> ordained of old; yea, for the king it is prepared; he hath made <i>it</i> deep <i>and</i> large: the pile thereof <i>is</i> fire and much wood; the breath of the LORD, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it.</p><p class="hdg">it shall go</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/18-19.htm">Job 18:19</a></b></br> He shall neither have son nor nephew among his people, nor any remaining in his dwellings.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/109-9.htm">Psalm 109:9-15</a></b></br> Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/14-20.htm">Isaiah 14:20-22</a></b></br> Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial, because thou hast destroyed thy land, <i>and</i> slain thy people: the seed of evildoers shall never be renowned… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/1_kings/1-34.htm">Blown</a> <a href="/job/19-27.htm">Broken</a> <a href="/job/15-32.htm">Complete</a> <a href="/job/20-18.htm">Consume</a> <a href="/job/19-27.htm">Consumed</a> <a href="/job/19-8.htm">Dark</a> <a href="/job/19-8.htm">Darkness</a> <a href="/job/18-12.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/job/20-21.htm">Devour</a> <a href="/job/18-15.htm">Fire</a> <a href="/job/10-16.htm">Held</a> <a href="/job/18-10.htm">Hid</a> <a href="/job/6-7.htm">Ill</a> <a href="/job/18-10.htm">Laid</a> <a href="/job/18-19.htm">Places</a> <a href="/job/20-21.htm">Remnant</a> <a href="/1_kings/19-18.htm">Reserve</a> <a href="/job/15-18.htm">Secret</a> <a href="/job/20-23.htm">Sends</a> <a href="/job/15-20.htm">Stored</a> <a href="/job/18-19.htm">Survivor</a> <a href="/job/19-12.htm">Tabernacle</a> <a href="/job/19-12.htm">Tent</a> <a href="/nehemiah/7-72.htm">Total</a> <a href="/job/3-21.htm">Treasures</a> <a href="/job/15-2.htm">Utter</a> <a href="/job/17-13.htm">Wait</a> <a href="/job/20-22.htm">Wealth</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/job/41-20.htm">Blown</a> <a href="/job/22-9.htm">Broken</a> <a href="/job/21-23.htm">Complete</a> <a href="/job/22-20.htm">Consume</a> <a href="/job/22-20.htm">Consumed</a> <a href="/job/22-11.htm">Dark</a> <a href="/job/22-11.htm">Darkness</a> <a href="/job/21-17.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/job/24-2.htm">Devour</a> <a href="/job/22-20.htm">Fire</a> <a href="/job/23-11.htm">Held</a> <a href="/job/24-1.htm">Hid</a> <a href="/psalms/35-13.htm">Ill</a> <a href="/job/23-11.htm">Laid</a> <a href="/job/21-28.htm">Places</a> <a href="/job/22-20.htm">Remnant</a> <a href="/job/38-23.htm">Reserve</a> <a href="/job/22-14.htm">Secret</a> <a href="/job/27-22.htm">Sends</a> <a href="/job/21-19.htm">Stored</a> <a href="/jeremiah/42-17.htm">Survivor</a> <a href="/job/29-4.htm">Tabernacle</a> <a href="/job/21-28.htm">Tent</a> <a href="/jeremiah/52-23.htm">Total</a> <a href="/job/28-10.htm">Treasures</a> <a href="/job/26-4.htm">Utter</a> <a href="/job/29-21.htm">Wait</a> <a href="/job/21-7.htm">Wealth</a><div class="vheading2">Job 20</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/20-1.htm">Zophar shows the state and portion of the wicked</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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In biblical context, "darkness" often symbolizes judgment or the absence of God's presence (<a href="/exodus/10-21.htm">Exodus 10:21-23</a>, <a href="/matthew/8-12.htm">Matthew 8:12</a>). The treasures, which may have been gained through unjust means, are ultimately futile and will not provide security or salvation (<a href="/proverbs/11-4.htm">Proverbs 11:4</a>). This reflects the broader theme in Job of the temporary nature of earthly wealth and the ultimate justice of God.<p><b>A fire unfanned will consume him</b><br>The imagery of "a fire unfanned" indicates a supernatural or divine fire, one that does not require human effort to ignite or sustain. This can be seen as a metaphor for God's judgment, which is inevitable and all-consuming (<a href="/isaiah/30-33.htm">Isaiah 30:33</a>). The idea of fire as a tool of divine retribution is common in scripture, such as in the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah (<a href="/genesis/19-24.htm">Genesis 19:24</a>) and the purifying fire described in <a href="/malachi/3-2.htm">Malachi 3:2-3</a>. This fire represents the inescapable nature of divine justice.<p><b>and devour what is left in his tent.</b><br>The "tent" symbolizes the dwelling place or the household of the wicked, encompassing all that he possesses and holds dear. The destruction of what remains in his tent signifies the totality of the judgment, leaving nothing untouched. This reflects the biblical principle that the consequences of sin affect not only the individual but also their household (<a href="/joshua/7-24.htm">Joshua 7:24-25</a>). The imagery of devouring suggests complete consumption, leaving no remnant, similar to the fate of those who oppose God as seen in the fate of Korah's rebellion (<a href="/numbers/16-31.htm">Numbers 16:31-33</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/z/zophar_the_naamathite.htm">Zophar the Naamathite</a></b><br>One of Job's three friends who comes to comfort him. In this chapter, Zophar is speaking, offering his perspective on the fate of the wicked.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/job.htm">Job</a></b><br>The central figure of the book, a man of great faith and integrity who undergoes severe trials and suffering.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_wicked.htm">The Wicked</a></b><br>Although not a specific person, Zophar's speech is directed at the general concept of the wicked, whom he believes will face divine retribution.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/d/darkness_and_fire.htm">Darkness and Fire</a></b><br>Symbolic elements used to describe the judgment and destruction awaiting the wicked.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/tent.htm">Tent</a></b><br>Represents the dwelling or possessions of the wicked, which will be consumed by divine judgment.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_certainty_of_divine_justice.htm">The Certainty of Divine Justice</a></b><br>God's justice is inevitable and will ultimately prevail against the wicked. This should encourage believers to trust in God's timing and righteousness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_futility_of_earthly_treasures.htm">The Futility of Earthly Treasures</a></b><br>Earthly possessions and wealth, especially those gained through unrighteous means, are temporary and can lead to destruction. Believers should focus on storing treasures in heaven.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_sin.htm">The Consequences of Sin</a></b><br>Sin leads to spiritual darkness and destruction. This serves as a warning to live a life of righteousness and integrity.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_power_of_god's_judgment.htm">The Power of God's Judgment</a></b><br>God's judgment is powerful and does not require human intervention ("a fire unfanned"). This reminds us of God's sovereignty and the seriousness of His judgment.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_repentance.htm">The Importance of Repentance</a></b><br>The fate of the wicked underscores the need for repentance and turning to God for forgiveness and salvation.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_job_20.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Job 20</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_job_20_26-28_align_with_no_evidence.htm">In Job 20:26–28, how does the idea of divine wrath manifesting in tangible destruction align with the absence of verifiable archaeological traces of such specific catastrophic judgments? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_do_sheol_and_abaddon_align_today.htm">Proverbs 15:11: How do ancient concepts of Sheol and Abaddon align with modern historical or archaeological findings on the afterlife?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_do_greedy_exploiters_thrive_unpunished.htm">If Job 20:19-20 suggests a direct correlation between greed and swift downfall, why do some wealthy exploiters seem to thrive indefinitely without facing apparent divine retribution?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_is_dark_matter_viewed_in_christianity.htm">How does dark matter fit into a Christian cosmology?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/job/20.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(26) <span class= "bld">All darkness shall be hid in his secret places.</span>--Rather, <span class= "ital">All darkness, every kind of disaster, is laid up for his secret treasures.</span><p><span class= "bld">A fire not blown.</span>--By human hands, &c.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/job/20.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 26.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">All darkness shall be hid in his secret places</span>; literally, <span class="accented">all darkness is reserved for his treasures</span>' which some understand of his hidden earthly treasures, which no one shall ever find - some of the retribution laid up for him by God, which will be such darkness as Job describes in <a href="/job/10-21.htm">Job 10:21, 22</a>. <span class="cmt_word">A fire not blown shall consume him</span>; <span class="accented">i.e.</span> "a fire lighted by no human hands," probably lightning or brimstone from heaven (Job <span class="accented">his tent</span>, <span class="accented">i.e.</span> in his dwelling. His wife, his children, if he has any, and his domestics, shall be involved in the general ruin. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/job/20-26.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Total</span><br /><span class="heb">כָּל־</span> <span class="translit">(kāl-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">darkness</span><br /><span class="heb">חֹשֶׁךְ֮</span> <span class="translit">(ḥō·šeḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2822.htm">Strong's 2822: </a> </span><span class="str2">The dark, darkness, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness</span><br /><br /><span class="word">is reserved</span><br /><span class="heb">טָמ֪וּן</span> <span class="translit">(ṭā·mūn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2934.htm">Strong's 2934: </a> </span><span class="str2">To hide, conceal</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for his treasures.</span><br /><span class="heb">לִצְפּ֫וּנָ֥יו</span> <span class="translit">(liṣ·pū·nāw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6845.htm">Strong's 6845: </a> </span><span class="str2">To hide, to hoard, reserve, to deny, to protect, to lurk</span><br /><br /><span class="word">A fire</span><br /><span class="heb">אֵ֣שׁ</span> <span class="translit">(’êš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_784.htm">Strong's 784: </a> </span><span class="str2">A fire</span><br /><br /><span class="word">unfanned</span><br /><span class="heb">לֹֽא־</span> <span class="translit">(lō-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will consume him</span><br /><span class="heb">תְּ֭אָכְלֵהוּ</span> <span class="translit">(tə·’ā·ḵə·lê·hū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_398.htm">Strong's 398: </a> </span><span class="str2">To eat</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and devour what is left</span><br /><span class="heb">שָׂרִ֣יד</span> <span class="translit">(śā·rîḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8300.htm">Strong's 8300: </a> </span><span class="str2">A survivor</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in his tent.</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּאָהֳלֽוֹ׃</span> <span class="translit">(bə·’ā·ho·lōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_168.htm">Strong's 168: </a> </span><span class="str2">A tent</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/job/20-26.htm">Job 20:26 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/job/20-26.htm">Job 20:26 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/job/20-26.htm">Job 20:26 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/job/20-26.htm">Job 20:26 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/job/20-26.htm">Job 20:26 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/job/20-26.htm">Job 20:26 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/job/20-26.htm">Job 20:26 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/job/20-26.htm">Job 20:26 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/job/20-26.htm">Job 20:26 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/job/20-26.htm">Job 20:26 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/job/20-26.htm">OT Poetry: Job 20:26 All darkness is laid up for his (Jb) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/job/20-25.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Job 20:25"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Job 20:25" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/job/20-27.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Job 20:27"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Job 20:27" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>