Job 22:20
Surely our substance has not been cut off, || And fire has consumed their excellence.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the fire consumeth.
In Context
19The righteous see and they rejoice, || And the innocent mocks at them:
21Now acquaint yourself with Him, and be at peace, || Thereby your increase [is] good.
Cross References
Job 1:16While this [one] is speaking another has also come and says, “Fire of God has fallen from the heavens, and burns among the flock, and among the young men, and consumes them, and I have escaped—only I alone—to declare [it] to you.”
Job 8:3Does God pervert judgment? And does the Mighty One pervert justice?
Job 15:30He does not turn aside from darkness, || A flame dries up his tender branch, || And he turns aside at the breath of His mouth!
Job 20:26All darkness is hid for his treasures, || A fire not blown consumes him, || The remnant is broken in his tent.
Job 21:27Behold, I have known your thoughts, || And the schemes against me you do wrongfully.
Luke 17:29and on the day Lot went forth from Sodom, He rained fire and brimstone from the sky, and destroyed all.
Matthew Henry on Job 22:16-21
Judgments Executed on the Wicked. ( b. c. 1520.) 15 Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden? 16 Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood: 17 Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them? 18 Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me. 19 The righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn. 20 Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the fire… Read the whole commentary →