Job 20:22
When he will be satisfied, he will be constrained; he will seethe, and all anguish will fall upon him.
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In The King James Version
In Context
21Nothing remained of his portion, and, because of this, nothing will continue of his kind.
Cross References
Job 1:15and the Sabeans rushed in and carried away everything, and they struck the servants with the sword; and I alone evaded them to tell you.”
Job 3:17There the impious cease from rebellion, and there the wearied in strength take rest.
Job 16:11They have opened their mouths against me, and, reproaching me, they have struck me on the cheek; they are nourished by my sufferings.
Psalms 39:5Blessed is the man whose hope is in the name of the Lord, and who has no respect for vanities and absurd falsehoods.
Isaiah 10:6I will send him to a deceitful nation, and I will order him against the people of my fury, so that he may take away the plunder, and tear apart the prey, and place it to be trampled like the mud of 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 →