Job 20:20

Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save of that which he desired.

King James Version

In Context

19Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not;

21There shall none of his meat be left; therefore shall no man look for his goods.

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Cross References

Isaiah 57:20But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt.

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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