Job 4:20
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Job 4:20 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Job 4:20 is a verse from the book of Job in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "They are destroyed from morning to evening: they perish for ever without any regarding it. destroyed: Heb. beaten in pie..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Job 4:20 — KJV
“They are destroyed from morning to evening: they perish for ever without any regarding it. destroyed: Heb. beaten in pieces”
— Job 4:20 (KJV)
Job 4:20 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 4:20
“Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf of the evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their cities: every one that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces: because their transgressions are many, and their backslidings are increased. evenings: or, deserts are increased: Heb. are strong”
Shares key themes with Job 4:20: evening, ever, any
“And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day. And the evening...: Heb. And the evening was, and the morning was etc.”
Shares key themes with Job 4:20: morning, evening, ever
“In the tabernacle of the congregation without the vail, which is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall order it from evening to morning before the LORD: it shall be a statute for ever unto their generations on the behalf of the children of Israel.”
Shares key themes with Job 4:20: morning, evening, ever
“Without the vail of the testimony, in the tabernacle of the congregation, shall Aaron order it from the evening unto the morning before the LORD continually: it shall be a statute for ever in your generations.”
Shares key themes with Job 4:20: morning, evening, ever
“Behold, I build an house to the name of the LORD my God, to dedicate it to him, and to burn before him sweet incense, and for the continual shewbread, and for the burnt offerings morning and evening, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts of the LORD our God. This is an ordinance for ever to Israel. sweet...: Heb. incense of spices”
Shares key themes with Job 4:20: morning, evening, ever
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