But the eyes of the wicked fail, ¹  and escape ²  eludes them; their one hope ³  is to breathe their last.” ⁴ 

biblegateway Job 11:20

"But the eyes of the wicked will fail, And there will be no escape for them; And their hope is to breathe their last."

But the sight of the wicked will fail. Their way of escape will be cut off, and their only hope will be to die.

But the wicked will lose their eyesight. Their escape route will be closed. Their only hope is to take their last breath."

biblegateway Job 11:20

But the eyes of the wicked will fail, and escape will elude them; their hope will become a dying gasp."

But the eyes of the wicked will fail; all way of escape will be lost to them, and their hope is to breathe their last."

bibleoremus Job 11:20

But the eyes of the wicked will fail; all way of escape will be lost to them, and their hope is to breathe their last."

But blindness will fall on the wicked; to them the ways of escape are closed, and their only hope is death.

biblegateway Job 11:20

But the eyes of the wicked will fail, And they shall not escape, And their hope––loss of life!"

But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope [shall be as] the giving up of the ghost.

biblegateway Job 11:20

But the eyes of the wicked fail, ¹  and escape ²  eludes them; their one hope ³  is to breathe their last.” ⁴ 

¹ 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.

² tn Heb a “place of escape” (with this noun pattern). There is no place to escape to because they all perish.

³ tn The word is to be interpreted as a metonymy; it represents what is hoped for.

⁴ 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.