Job 20:23

יְהִי ׀ לְמַלֵּא בִטְנוֹ יְֽשַׁלַּח ־ בּוֹ חֲרוֹן אַפּוֹ וְיַמְטֵר עָלֵימוֹ בִּלְחוּמֽוֹ ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

When he is about to fill his belly, God shall cast the fury of his wrath upon him, and shall rain it upon him while he is eating.

In Context

22בִּמְלֹאות שִׂפְקוֹ יֵצֶר לוֹ כָּל ־ יַד עָמֵל תְּבוֹאֶֽנּוּ ׃

24יִבְרַח מִנֵּשֶׁק בַּרְזֶל תַּחְלְפֵהוּ קֶשֶׁת נְחוּשָֽׁה ׃

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Cross References

Genesis 19:24וַֽיהוָה הִמְטִיר עַל ־ סְדֹם וְעַל ־ עֲמֹרָה גָּפְרִית וָאֵשׁ מֵאֵת יְהוָה מִן ־ הַשָּׁמָֽיִם ׃

Numbers 11:33הַבָּשָׂר עוֹדֶנּוּ בֵּין שִׁנֵּיהֶם טֶרֶם יִכָּרֵת וְאַף יְהוָה חָרָה בָעָם וַיַּךְ יְהוָה בָּעָם מַכָּה רַבָּה מְאֹֽד ׃

Psalms 78:30לֹא ־ זָרוּ מִתַּאֲוָתָם עוֹד אָכְלָם בְּפִיהֶֽם ׃

Malachi 2:2אִם ־ לֹא תִשְׁמְעוּ וְאִם ־ לֹא תָשִׂימוּ עַל ־ לֵב לָתֵת כָּבוֹד לִשְׁמִי אָמַר יְהוָה צְבָאוֹת וְשִׁלַּחְתִּי בָכֶם אֶת ־ הַמְּאֵרָה וְאָרוֹתִי אֶת ־ בִּרְכֽוֹתֵיכֶם וְגַם אָרוֹתִיהָ כִּי אֵינְכֶם שָׂמִים עַל ־ לֵֽב ׃

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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