Job 22:20
Verily their substance has been utterly destroyed, 1 And the fire shall devour what is left of their property. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the fire consumeth.
In Context
19The righteous have seen it, and laughed, 1 And the blameless one has derided them. 1
21Be firm, I pray thee, if thou canst endure; 1 Then thy fruit shall prosper. 1
Cross References
Job 1:16While he was yet speaking, there came another messenger, and said to Job, 1 Fire has fallen from heaven, and burned up the sheep, and devoured the shepherds likewise; 1 And I having escaped alone am come to tell thee. 1
Job 8:3Will the Lord be unjust when he judges; 1 Or will he that has made all things pervert justice? 1
Job 15:30Neither shall he in anywise escape the darkness: 1 Let the wind blast his blossom, 1 And let his flower fall off. 1
Job 20:26And let all darkness wait for him: 1 A fire that burns not out shall consume him; 1 And let a stranger plague his house. 1
Job 21:27So I know you, that ye presumptuously attack me: 1
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 →