Job 20:29
This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed unto him by God.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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 increase of his house shall depart, his goods shall flow away in the day of his wrath.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 29:20(29-19) the LORD will not be willing to pardon him, but then the anger of the LORD and His jealousy shall be kindled against that man, and all the curse that is written in this book shall lie upon him, and the LORD shall blot out his name from under heaven;
Job 22:20'Surely their substance is cut off, and their abundance the fire hath consumed.'
Job 31:2For what would be the portion of God from above, and the heritage of the Almighty from on high?
Jeremiah 13:25This is thy lot, the portion measured unto thee from Me, saith the LORD; because thou hast forgotten Me, and trusted in falsehood.
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 →