Job 15:20

“The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor.”

"The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor." - Job 15:20
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What does Job 15:20 mean?

Job 15:20 in the King James Version of the Bible reads, "The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor." This verse is spoken by Eliphaz, one of Job's three friends who came to comfort him during his time of suffering and…

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The Hidden Suffering of the Wicked: Insights from Job 15:20

As we delve into Job 15:20, we read, "The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor." This verse opens our eyes to the emotional and spiritual turmoil that accompanies a life lived in wickedness. It offers profound insights…

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A Prayer for Deliverance from Suffering and Oppression

O Lord, our God, the Eternal One, in whose hands lie the vastness of the heavens and the depths of the earth, we humbly come before You today with our hearts heavy and burdened, acknowledging the painful realities of life that Your servant Job so vividly expressed: "The wicked…

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Job 15:20 - "The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor."
Job 20:15 - "He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly."
Job 1:20
Job 1:20
Job 3:20-21 - "Job 3:20-21: Why is light given to those in misery, and life to the bitter of soul, to those who long for death that does not come, who search for it more than for hidden treasure?"
Job 1:20 - "Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped,"
Job 20:5 - "That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?"
Job 20:1 - "Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,"
Job 20:20 - "Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save of that which he desired."
Job 15:15 - "Behold, he putteth no trust in his saints; yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight."
Job 28:20 - "Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?"
Job 15:1 - "Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,"
Job 42:15 - "And in all the land were no women found so fair as the daughters of Job: and their father gave them inheritance among their brethren."
Job 36:20 - "Desire not the night, when people are cut off in their place."
"He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly." - Job 20:15
Job 20:4 - "Knowest thou not this of old, since man was placed upon earth,"
Job 20:17 - "He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and butter."
Job 29:15 - "I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame."
Genesis 15:20
Genesis 20-15
Job 4:20 - "They are destroyed from morning to evening: they perish for ever without any regarding it."
Job 3:20 - "Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul;"
Job 29:20 - "My glory was fresh in me, and my bow was renewed in my hand."
Job 22:20 - "Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the fire consumeth."
Job 33:20 - "So that his life abhorreth bread, and his soul dainty meat."
Job 32:15 - "They were amazed, they answered no more: they left off speaking."
Job 6:20 - "They were confounded because they had hoped; they came thither, and were ashamed."
Job 20:13 - "Though he spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it still within his mouth:"
Job 12:20 - "He removeth away the speech of the trusty, and taketh away the understanding of the aged."