Job 21:20
Let them see their destruction themselves, and drink deeply from God's anger.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
In Context
21For they don't care what happens to their families once they're dead.
Cross References
Psalms 60:3You have been very hard on your people; you gave us wine that made us stagger around.
Psalms 75:9But I will speak about you forever. I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.
Jeremiah 25:15This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, told me: Take this cup I'm handing to you. It contains the wine of my anger. You are to make all the nations I send you to drink from it.
Luke 16:23In Hades, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham in the far distance, with Lazarus beside him.
Revelation 19:15From his mouth came a sharp sword to strike the nations. He will rule them with an iron rod, and he himself treads the winepress of the All-powerful God's judgment.
Matthew Henry on Job 21:18-27
Certain Punishments of the Wicked; Divine Sovereignty. ( b. c. 1520.) 17 How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and how oft cometh their destruction upon them! God distributeth sorrows in his anger. 18 They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away. 19 God layeth up his iniquity for his children: he rewardeth him, and he shall know it. 20 His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty. 21 For what pleasure hath he in his house after him,… Read the whole commentary →