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21 “None of his food shall be left, nor hope for his well-being.

22 “When he shall be filled with his abundance, he shall be in pain. The hand of all the wicked shall assail him.

23 “He shall be about to fill his belly, but God shall send His fierce wrath upon him, and shall cause it to rain upon him, even upon his food.

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21 Nothing is left for him to devour;
    his prosperity will not endure.(A)
22 In the midst of his plenty, distress will overtake him;(B)
    the full force of misery will come upon him.(C)
23 When he has filled his belly,(D)
    God will vent his burning anger(E) against him
    and rain down his blows on him.(F)

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

22 In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand of the wicked shall come upon him.

23 When he is about to fill his belly, God shall cast the fury of his wrath upon him, and shall rain it upon him while he is eating.

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21 Nothing is left for him to eat;
Therefore his well-being will not last.
22 In his self-sufficiency he will be in distress;
Every hand of [a]misery will come against him.
23 When he is about to fill his stomach,
God will cast on him the fury of His wrath,
And will rain it on him while he is eating.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 20:22 Or the wretched or sufferer

21 There was nothing left after he had eaten;
    therefore his prosperity will not endure.
22 In the fullness of his sufficiency he will be in distress;
    the hand of everyone in misery will come against him.
23 To fill his belly to the full,
    God[a] will send his burning anger against him
    and rain it upon him (A)into his body.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 20:23 Hebrew he