Job 11:20 | NET2full | STEP | But the eyes of the wicked fail , and escape eludes them; their one hope is to breathe their last .”

‏ Job 11:20

20 But the eyes of the wicked fail, ^{▼▼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.}
and escape ^{▼▼tn Heb “a place of escape” (with this noun pattern). There is no place to escape to because they all perish.} eludes them;
their one hope ^{▼▼tn The word is to be interpreted as a metonymy; it represents what is hoped for.} is to breathe their last.” ^{▼▼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.}