"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."
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I also will do this unto you; I will even appoint over you terror, consumption, and the burning ague, that shall consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart: and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.
So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite's hope shall perish:
His confidence shall be rooted out of his tabernacle, and it shall bring him to the king of terrors.
For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?
For God shall cast upon him, and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand.
There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.
I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.
The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the desire of the righteous shall be granted.
Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.
As for us, our eyes as yet failed for our vain help: in our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save us.
Therefore the flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not strengthen his force, neither shall the mighty deliver himself:
As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.
I saw the LORD standing upon the altar: and he said, Smite the lintel of the door, that the posts may shake: and cut them in the head, all of them; and I will slay the last of them with the sword: he that fleeth of them shall not flee away, and he that escapeth of them shall not be delivered.
And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him;
He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.
If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;
And among these nations shalt thou find no ease, neither shall the sole of thy foot have rest: but the LORD shall give thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and sorrow of mind:
But the eyes of the evil-doers will be wasting away; their way of flight is gone, and their only hope is the taking of their last breath.
But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and [all] refuge shall vanish from them, and their hope [shall be] the breathing out 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.
But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope shall be as the expiration of the breath.
But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, They shall have no way to flee; Their hope shall be the giving up of the spirit."
And the eyes of the wicked are consumed, And refuge hath perished from them, And their hope `is' a breathing out of soul!