Job 20:29
This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the inheritance of his doings from the Lord.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed unto him by God.
In Context
28The offspring of his house shall be exposed, he shall be pulled down in the day of God's wrath.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 29:20And the Lord should not forgive him: but his wrath and jealousy against that man should be exceedingly enkindled at that time, and all the curses that are written in this volume should light upon him: and the Lord should blot out his name from under heaven,
Job 22:20Is not their exaltation cut down, and hath not fire devoured the remnants of them?
Job 31:2For what part should God from above have in me, and what inheritance the Almighty from on high?
Jeremiah 13:25This is thy lot, and the portion of thy measure from me, saith the Lord, because thou hast forgotten me, and hast trusted in falsehood.
Matthew 24:51And shall separate him, and appoint his portion with the hypocrites. There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Matthew Henry on Job 20:24-29
23 When he is about to fill his belly, God shall cast the fury of his wrath upon him, and shall rain it upon him while he is eating. 24 He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of steel shall strike him through. 25 It is drawn, and cometh out of the body; yea, the glittering sword cometh out of his gall: terrors are upon him. 26 All darkness shall be hid in his secret places: a fire not blown shall consume him; it shall go ill with him that is left in his tabernacle. 27 The heaven shall reveal his iniquity;… Read the whole commentary →