Job 20:26 | NET2full | STEP | Total darkness waits to receive his treasures ; a fire that has not been kindled will consume him and devour what is left in his tent .

‏ Job 20:26

26 Total darkness waits to receive his treasures; ^{▼▼tn Heb “all darkness is hidden for his laid up things.” “All darkness” refers to the misfortunes and afflictions that await. The verb “hidden” means “is destined for.”}
a fire that has not been kindled ^{▼▼tn Heb “not blown upon,” i.e., not kindled by man. But G. R. Driver reads “unquenched” (“Hebrew notes on the ‘Wisdom of Jesus Ben Sirach’,” JBL 53 [1934]: 289).}
will consume him and devour what is left in his tent.