Job 20:21
There is nothing remaining of his provisions; 1 Therefore his goods shall not flourish. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
There shall none of his meat be left; therefore shall no man look for his goods.
In Context
20There is no security to his possessions; 1 He shall not be saved by his desire. 1
Cross References
Job 18:19He shall not be known among his people, 1 Nor his house preserved on the earth. 1
Isaiah 5:9For these things have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts: for though many houses should be built, many and fair houses shall be desolate, and there shall be no inhabitants in them.
Amos 3:10And she knew not what things would come against her, saith the Lord, even those that store up wrong and misery in their countries.
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 →