Job 11:20

New English Translation

²⁰But the eyes of the wicked fail,^[a]
and escape^[b] eludes them;
their one hope^[c] is to breathe their last.”^[d]

Job 11:20 tn The verb כָּלָה (kalah) means “to fail, cease, fade away.” The fading of the eyes, i.e., loss of sight, loss of life’s vitality, indicates imminent death.
Job 11:20 tn Heb “a place of escape” (with this noun pattern). There is no place to escape to because they all perish.
Job 11:20 tn The word is to be interpreted as a metonymy; it represents what is hoped for.
Job 11:20 tn Heb “the breathing out of the soul”; cf. KJV, ASV “the giving up of the ghost.” The line is simply saying that the brightest hope that the wicked have is death.

Job 11:20

New International Version

²⁰But the eyes of the wicked will fail,^(A)
and escape will elude them;^(B)
their hope will become a dying gasp.”^(C)

New English Translation (NET)

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