Job 20:10

Let his inferiors destroy his children, 1 And let his hands kindle the fire of sorrow. 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

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 looked upon him, but shall not see him again; 1 And his place shall no longer perceive him. 1

11His bones have been filled with vigor of his youth, 1 And it shall lie down with him in the dust. 1

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Cross References

Exodus 9:2If however thou wilt not send my people away, but yet detainest them:

Exodus 22:1And if the thief be found in the breach made by himself and be smitten and die, there shall not be blood shed for him.

2 Samuel 12:6And he shall restore the lamb sevenfold, because he has not spared.

Job 20:18He has labored unprofitably and in vain, for wealth of which he shall not taste: 1 It is as a lean thing, unfit for food, which he cannot swallow. 1

Proverbs 28:3A bold man oppresses the poor by ungodly deeds. 1 As an impetuous and unprofitable rain, 1

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 →

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