Job 20:7
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Job 20:7 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Job 20:7 is a verse from the book of Job in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they which have seen him shall say, Where is he?" Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Job 20:7 — KJV
“Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they which have seen him shall say, Where is he?”
— Job 20:7 (KJV)
Job 20:7 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 20:7
“And the LORD said unto Gideon, The people are yet too many; bring them down unto the water, and I will try them for thee there: and it shall be, that of whom I say unto thee, This shall go with thee, the same shall go with thee; and of whomsoever I say unto thee, This shall not go with thee, the same shall not go.”
Shares key themes with Job 20:7: yet, ever, own
“And he stripped off his clothes also, and prophesied before Samuel in like manner, and lay down naked all that day and all that night. Wherefore they say, Is Saul also among the prophets? lay: Heb. fell”
Shares key themes with Job 20:7: like, own, say
“But the children of the murderers he slew not: according unto that which is written in the book of the law of Moses, wherein the LORD commanded, saying, The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, nor the children be put to death for the fathers; but every man shall be put to death for his own sin.”
Shares key themes with Job 20:7: ever, own, say
“But he slew not their children, but did as it is written in the law in the book of Moses, where the LORD commanded, saying, The fathers shall not die for the children, neither shall the children die for the fathers, but every man shall die for his own sin.”
Shares key themes with Job 20:7: ever, own, say
“All this have I seen, and applied my heart unto every work that is done under the sun: there is a time wherein one man ruleth over another to his own hurt.”
Shares key themes with Job 20:7: ever, own, seen
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