Job 20:20
Because his appetite is never satisfied, he cannot escape with his treasure.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save of that which he desired.
In Context
19For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor; he has seized houses he did not build.
21Nothing is left for him to consume; thus his prosperity will not endure.
Cross References
Isaiah 57:20But the wicked are like the storm-tossed sea, for it cannot be still, and its waves churn up mire and muck.
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 →