Job 21:20
His own eyes see his destruction, || And he drinks of the wrath of the Mighty.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
In Context
19God lays up for his sons his sorrow, || He gives repayment to him—and he knows.
21For what [is] his delight in his house after him, || And the number of his months cut off?
Cross References
Psalms 60:3You have shown Your people a hard thing, || You have caused us to drink wine of trembling.
Psalms 75:9And I declare [it] for all time, || I sing praise to the God of Jacob.
Jeremiah 25:15For thus said YHWH, God of Israel, to me: “Take the wine cup of this fury out of My hand, and you have caused all the nations to drink it to whom I am sending you;
Luke 16:23and having lifted up his eyes in Hades, being in torments, he sees Abraham far off, and Lazarus in his bosom,
Revelation 19:15and out of His mouth proceeds a sharp sword, that with it He may strike the nations, and He will rule them with a rod of iron, and He treads the press of the wine of the wrath and the anger of God the Almighty,
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 →