Job 15:20
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Job 15:20 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Job 15:20 is a verse from the book of Job in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
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 (KJV)
Job 15:20 in Context — About the Book of Job
Job is the Bible's deepest wrestle with undeserved suffering. A blameless man loses everything, sits in ashes, and refuses easy answers — from his friends or himself. God answers from the whirlwind not with explanations but with Himself, and Job's fortunes are restored double.
Cross-References for Job 15:20
“After the number of the days in which ye searched the land, even forty days, each day for a year, shall ye bear your iniquities, even forty years, and ye shall know my breach of promise. breach...: or, altering of my purpose”
Shares key themes with Job 15:20: days, number, years
“And the time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months. time: Heb. number of days”
Shares key themes with Job 15:20: days, number, years
“The fear of the LORD prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened. prolongeth: Heb. addeth”
Shares key themes with Job 15:20: wicked, days, years
“For I have laid upon thee the years of their iniquity, according to the number of the days, three hundred and ninety days: so shalt thou bear the iniquity of the house of Israel.”
Shares key themes with Job 15:20: days, number, years
“And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years: the day...: Heb. between the day and between the night”
Shares key themes with Job 15:20: days, years
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