Job 22:20
'Surely our substance hath not been cut off, And their excellency hath fire consumed.'
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the fire consumeth.
In Context
19See do the righteous and they rejoice, And the innocent mocketh at them,
21Acquaint thyself, I pray thee, with Him, And be at peace, Thereby thine increase [is] good.
Cross References
Job 1:16While this [one] is speaking another also hath come and saith, 'Fire of God hath fallen from the heavens, and burneth among the flock, and among the young men, and consumeth them, and I am escaped — only I alone — to declare [it] to thee.'
Job 8:3Doth God pervert judgment? And doth the Mighty One pervert justice?
Job 15:30He turneth not aside from darkness, His tender branch doth a flame dry up, And he turneth aside at the breath of His mouth!
Job 20:26All darkness is hid for his treasures, Consume him doth a fire not blown, Broken is the remnant in his tent.
Job 21:27Lo, I have known your thoughts, And the devices against me ye do wrongfully.
Luke 17:29and on the day Lot went forth from Sodom, He rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed all.
Matthew Henry on Job 22:16-21
Judgments Executed on the Wicked. ( b. c. 1520.) 15 Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden? 16 Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood: 17 Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them? 18 Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me. 19 The righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn. 20 Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the fire… Read the whole commentary →