Job 20:10
His sons oppress the poor, || And his hands give back his wealth.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods.
In Context
9The eye has not seen him, and does not add. And his place does not behold him again.
11His bones have been full of his youth, and it lies down with him on the dust.
Cross References
Exodus 9:2for if you are refusing to send [them] away, and are still keeping hold on them,
Exodus 22:1When a man steals an ox or sheep, and has slaughtered it or sold it, he repays [with] five of the herd for the ox, and four of the flock for the sheep.
2 Samuel 12:6and [for] the ewe-lamb he repays fourfold, because that he has done this thing, and because that he had no pity.”
Job 20:18He is giving back [what] he labored for, and does not consume [it]; As a bulwark [is] his exchange, and he does not exult.
Psalms 109:10And his sons wander continually, || Indeed, they have begged, || And have sought out of their dry places.
Proverbs 28:3A man—poor and oppressing the weak, || [Is] a sweeping rain, and there is no bread.
Matthew Henry on Job 20:2-10
Second Address of Zophar; Destruction of the Wicked. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said, 2 Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for this I make haste. 3 I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer. 4 Knowest thou not this of old, since man was placed upon earth, 5 That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment? 6 Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto… Read the whole commentary →