But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope shall be as one dying.
All Commentaries on Job 11:20 Go To Job 11
George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Soul, because hope deferred causeth pain to the soul, Proverbs xiii. 12. (Menochius)
Hebrew, "their hope shall be the sorrow, or the breathing out of the soul. "(Calmet)
Protestants, "the giving up of the ghost. "Marginal note, "a puff of breath "chap. xviii. 14. (Haydock)