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Job 20:26
New English Translation
Job 20:26
New English Translation
26 Total darkness waits to receive his treasures;[a]
a fire that has not been kindled[b]
will consume him and devour what is left in his tent.
Footnotes
- Job 20:26 tn Heb “all darkness is hidden for his laid up things.” “All darkness” refers to the misfortunes and afflictions that await. The verb “hidden” means “is destined for.”
- Job 20:26 tn Heb “not blown upon,” i.e., not kindled by man. But G. R. Driver reads “unquenched” (“Hebrew notes on the ‘Wisdom of Jesus Ben Sirach’,” JBL 53 [1934]: 289).
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