Job 20:21

There (be) left nothing of his meat; and therefore nothing shall dwell of his goods. (Nothing shall remain of his food; and nothing shall remain of his goods.)

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

In The King James Version

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

In Context

20And his womb was not yet [ful] filled; and when he hath that, that he coveted, he may not hold it in possession. (And his belly, or his appetite, was not yet satisfied; and even when he hath, what he desired, he cannot hold onto it.)

22When he is full-filled with riches, yet he shall be made strait in covetousness, (or Yea, even when he is filled full with riches, he shall still be in dire straits); he shall burn in it, and all sorrow shall fall in upon him.

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Cross References

Job 18:19Neither his seed, neither his kindred, shall be in his people, neither any remnants of them (shall be) left in his countries. (Neither his descendants, nor his kindred, shall be among his own people, nor shall any remnant of them be left in his land.)

Isaiah 5:9These things be in the ears of me, (yea), the Lord of hosts (hath said); If many houses be not forsaken, great and fair, without dweller, (or If many houses be not abandoned, yea, large and beautiful, but with no inhabitants), believe ye not to me.

Amos 3:10And they could not do rightful thing or And they knew not (to) do rightful thing, saith the Lord, and they treasured wickedness and raven in their houses. (And they did not know how to do what is right or And they do not know how to be honest, saith the Lord, and they treasured wickedness and spoils in their palaces.)

Luke 16:24And he cried, and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he dip the end of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.

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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