Job 20:10
His sons will seek the favor of the poor, for his own hands must return his wealth.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods.
In Context
9The eye that saw him will see him no more, and his place will no longer behold him.
11The youthful vigor that fills his bones will lie down with him in the dust.
Cross References
Exodus 9:2But if you continue to restrain them and refuse to let them go,
Exodus 22:1“If a man steals an ox or a sheep and slaughters or sells it, he must repay five oxen for an ox and four sheep for a sheep.
2 Samuel 12:6Because he has done this thing and has shown no pity, he must pay for the lamb four times over.”
Job 20:18He must return the fruit of his labor without consuming it; he cannot enjoy the profits of his trading.
Psalms 109:10May his children wander as beggars, seeking sustenance far from their ruined homes.
Proverbs 28:3A destitute leader who oppresses the poor is like a driving rain that leaves no food.
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 →