Job 15:20
Good News Translation
The wicked who oppress others will be in torment as long as they live.

New Revised Standard Version
The wicked writhe in pain all their days, through all the years that are laid up for the ruthless.

Contemporary English Version
But suffering is in store each day for those who sin.

New American Bible
The wicked is in torment all his days, and limited years are in store for the ruthless;

Douay-Rheims Bible
The wicked man is proud all his days, and the number of the years of his tyranny is uncertain.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

The wicked man is proud all his days, and the number of the years of his tyranny is uncertain.

travaileth

Romans 8:22 For we know that every creature groaneth and travaileth in pain, even till now.

Ecclesiastes 9:3 This is a very great evil among all things that are done under the sun, that the same things happen to all men: whereby also the hearts of the children of men are filled with evil, and with contempt while they live, and afterwards they shall be brought down to hell.

the number

Psalm 90:3,4,12 Turn not man away to be brought low: and thou hast said: Be converted, O ye sons of men. . . .

Luke 12:19-21 And I will say to my soul: Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years. Take thy rest: eat, drink, make good cheer. . . .

James 5:1-6 Go to now, ye rich men: weep and howl in your miseries, which shall come upon you. . . .

Context
Eliphaz: Job Does Not Fear God
19To whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger hath passed among them. 20The wicked man is proud all his days, and the number of the years of his tyranny is uncertain.21The sound of dread is always in his ears: and when there is peace, he always suspecteth treason.…
Cross References
Job 15:19
To whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger hath passed among them.

Job 15:24
Tribulation shall terrify him, and distress shall surround him, as a king that is prepared for the battle.

Job 24:1
Times are not hid from the Almighty: but they that know him, know not his days.

Job 27:13
This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the inheritance of the violent, which they shall receive of the Almighty.

Job 15:19
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