“All darkness is laid up for his treasures. An unfanned fire shall devour him. It shall consume that which is left in his tent.”
— WEB
Job 20:26
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Translations sourced from the public-domain WEB, KJV, and ASV. See all sources.
“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.”
— KJV
“All darkness is laid up for his treasures: A fire not blown [by man] shall devour him; It shall consume that which is left in his tent.”
— ASV
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Commentary
All darkness--that is, every calamity that befalls the wicked shall be hid (in store for him) in His (God's) secret places, or treasures (Jde 1:13; Deu 32:34). not blown--not kindled by man's hands, but by God's (Isa 30:33; the Septuagint in the Alexandrian Manuscript reads "unquenchable fire," Mat 3:12). Tact is shown by the friends in not expressly mentioning, but alluding under color of general cases, to Job's calamities; here (Job 1:16) UMBREIT explains it, wickedness, is a "self-igniting fire"; in it lie the principles of destruction. ill . . . tabernacle--Every trace of the sinner must be obliterated (Job 18:15).
— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)
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