Job 20:21
Nothing escapes their ravenous appetites, so their happiness doesn't last long.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
There shall none of his meat be left; therefore shall no man look for his goods.
In Context
20Because their greed was never satisfied, nothing they liked is left that they didn't consume.
Cross References
Job 18:19They have no children or descendants among their people, and no survivors where they used to live.
Isaiah 5:9I heard the Lord Almighty declare: You can be sure that many houses are destined to become ruins, and beautiful mansions destined to become uninhabited.
Amos 3:10They don't know how to do what is right, declares the Lord. They have stored up in their fortresses what they've taken by violence and robbery.
Luke 16:24‘Father Abraham,’ he called out, ‘Have mercy on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I'm burning in agony.’
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 →