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Job 20:20

"Because he knew no quietness within him,he shall not save anything of that in which he delights.

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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 violently taken away a house, and he shall not build it up.

21There was nothing left that he did not devour,therefore his prosperity shall not endure.

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Cross References

Isaiah 57:20But the wicked are like the troubled sea; for it can't rest, and its 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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