Job 21:20
Let his own eyes see his destruction, and let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
In Context
21For what does he care for his house after him when the number of his months is cut off?
Cross References
Psalms 60:3Thou have shown thy people hard things. Thou have made us to drink the wine of staggering.
Psalms 75:9But I will declare forever. I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.
Jeremiah 25:15For thus says LORD, the God of Israel, to me: Take this cup of the wine of wrath at my hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send thee, to drink it.
Luke 16:23And having lifted up his eyes in Hades, being in torments, he sees Abraham from afar and Lazarus by his bosom.
Revelation 19:15And a sharp two-edged sword comes out of his mouth, so that he would smite the nations by it. And he will tend them with a rod of iron. And he treads the winepress of the wine of the wrath of the anger of the Almighty God.
Matthew Henry on Job 21:18-27
Certain Punishments of the Wicked; Divine Sovereignty. ( b. c. 1520.) 17 How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and how oft cometh their destruction upon them! God distributeth sorrows in his anger. 18 They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away. 19 God layeth up his iniquity for his children: he rewardeth him, and he shall know it. 20 His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty. 21 For what pleasure hath he in his house after him,… Read the whole commentary →