Job 20:10
His sons do the poor oppress, And his hands give back his wealth.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods.
In Context
9The eye hath not seen him, and addeth not. And not again doth his place behold him.
11His bones have been full of his youth, And with him on the dust it lieth down.
Cross References
Exodus 9:2for, if thou art refusing to send away, and art still keeping hold upon them,
Exodus 22:1'When a man doth steal an ox or sheep, and hath slaughtered it or sold it, five of the herd he doth repay for the ox, and four of the flock for the sheep.
2 Samuel 12:6and the ewe-lamb he doth repay fourfold, because that he hath done this thing, and because that he had no pity.'
Job 20:18He is giving back [what] he laboured for, And doth not consume [it]; As a bulwark [is] his exchange, and he exults not.
Psalms 109:10And wander continually do his sons, Yea, they have begged, And have sought out of their dry places.
Proverbs 28:3A man — poor and oppressing the weak, [Is] a sweeping rain, and there is no bread.
Matthew Henry on Job 20:2-10
Second Address of Zophar; Destruction of the Wicked. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said, 2 Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for this I make haste. 3 I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer. 4 Knowest thou not this of old, since man was placed upon earth, 5 That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment? 6 Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto… Read the whole commentary →