Job 22:20
Is not he who rose against us destroyed, and doth not the fire consume his residue?
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the fire consumeth.
In Context
19The righteous see it, and are glad; and the innocent laugh them to scorn:
21Reconcile thyself now with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee.
Cross References
Job 1:16While he was yet speaking, there came another and said, The fire of God fell from heaven and burned up the sheep and the servants, and consumed them; and I only am escaped, alone, to tell thee.
Job 8:3Doth God pervert judgment, and the Almighty pervert justice?
Job 15:30He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches; and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away.
Job 20:26All darkness is laid up for his treasures: a fire not blown shall devour him; it shall feed upon what is left in his tent.
Job 21:27Lo, I know your thoughts, and the devices ye wrongfully imagine against me.
Luke 17:29but on the day that Lot went out from Sodom, it rained fire and sulphur from heaven, and destroyed all [of them]:
Matthew Henry on Job 22:16-21
Judgments Executed on the Wicked. ( b. c. 1520.) 15 Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden? 16 Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood: 17 Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them? 18 Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me. 19 The righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn. 20 Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the fire… Read the whole commentary →