Job 20:26
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Job 20:26 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Job 20:26 is a verse from the book of Job in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "All darkness shall be hid in his secret places: a fire not blown shall consume him; it shall go ill with him that is lef..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Job 20:26 — KJV
“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.”
— Job 20:26 (KJV)
Job 20:26 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 20:26
“And I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that thou mayest know that I, the LORD, which call thee by thy name, am the God of Israel.”
Shares key themes with Job 20:26: darkness, hid, secret
“He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the poor. are...: Heb. hide themselves”
Shares key themes with Job 20:26: hid, secret, places
“Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith the LORD. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the LORD.”
Shares key themes with Job 20:26: hid, secret, places
“When that year was ended, they came unto him the second year, and said unto him, We will not hide it from my lord, how that our money is spent; my lord also hath our herds of cattle; there is not ought left in the sight of my lord, but our bodies, and our lands:”
Shares key themes with Job 20:26: hid, ill, left
“For there is a fire gone out of Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon: it hath consumed Ar of Moab, and the lords of the high places of Arnon.”
Shares key themes with Job 20:26: places, fire, consume
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