Job 20:22

But when he shall seem to be just satisfied, he shall be straitened; 1 And all distress shall come upon him. 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand of the wicked shall come upon him.

In Context

21There is nothing remaining of his provisions; 1 Therefore his goods shall not flourish. 1

23If by any means he would fill his belly, 1 Let God send upon him the fury of wrath; 1 Let him bring a torrent of pains upon him. 1

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Cross References

Job 1:15And the spoilers came and took them for a prey, 1 And slew the servants with the sword; 1 And I having escaped alone am come to tell thee. 1

Job 3:17There the ungodly have burned out the fury of rage; 1 There the wearied in body rest. 1

Job 16:11For the Lord has delivered me into the hands of unrighteous men, 1 And thrown me upon the ungodly. 1

Psalms 39:5Blessed is the man whose hope is the name of the Lord, 1 And who has not regarded vanities and false frenzies. 1

Isaiah 10:6I will send my wrath against a sinful nation, and I will charge my people to take plunder and spoil, and to trample the cities, and to make them dust.

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 →

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