Job 20:21
Nothing was spared from his craving to eat: therefore shall his wealth not prosper.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
There shall none of his meat be left; therefore shall no man look for his goods.
In Context
Cross References
Job 18:19He will have neither son nor grandson among his people, nor any that escapeth in the places of his sojourning.
Isaiah 5:9In my ears [spoke] the Lord of hosts, Truly many houses shall become desolate, yea, great and beautiful ones without an inhabitant.
Amos 3:10For they know not how to act rightly, saith the Lord, who treasure up violence and robbery in their palaces.
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 →