Job 22:20
“Truly our adversary is destroyed, And fire hath consumed his abundance!”
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the fire consumeth.
In Context
19The righteous see their fate, and rejoice; And the innocent hold them in derision.
21Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: Thus shall prosperity return to thee.
Cross References
Job 1:16While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The fire of God hath fallen from heaven, and hath burned up the sheep and the servants, and consumed them; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.
Job 8:3Will God pervert judgment? Or will the Almighty pervert justice?
Job 15:30He shall not escape from darkness, And the flame shall dry up his branches; Yea, by the breath of His mouth shall he be taken away.
Job 20:26Calamity of every kind is treasured up for him. A fire not blown shall consume him; It shall consume whatever is left in his tent.
Job 21:27Behold, I know your thoughts, And the devices by which ye wrong me.
Luke 17:29but on the day when Lot went out of Sodom, it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all.
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 →