Job 20:22
Even when his wealth is great, he is full of care, for the hand of everyone who is in trouble is turned against him.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
In Context
21He had never enough for his desire; for this cause his well-being will quickly come to an end.
Cross References
Job 1:15And the men of Sheba came against them and took them away, putting the young men to the sword, and I was the only one who got away safe to give you the news.
Job 3:17There the passions of the evil are over, and those whose strength has come to an end have rest.
Job 16:11God gives me over to the power of sinners, sending me violently into the hands of evil-doers.
Psalms 39:5\39:4\Lord, give me knowledge of my end, and of the measure of my days, so that I may see how feeble I am.
Isaiah 10:6I will send him against a nation of wrongdoers, and against the people of my wrath I will give him orders, to take their wealth in war, crushing them down like the dust in the streets.
Matthew Henry on Job 20:11-23
Misery of the Wicked. ( b. c. 1520.) 10 His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods. 11 His bones are full of the sin of his youth, which shall lie down with him in the dust. 12 Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue; 13 Though he spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it still within his mouth: 14 Yet his meat in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of asps within him. 15 He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again:… Read the whole commentary →