Job 20:20-29
New King James Version
20 “Because(A) he knows no quietness in his [a]heart,
He will not save anything he desires.
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 [b]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.
24 (B)He will flee from the iron weapon;
A bronze bow will pierce him through.
25 It is drawn, and comes out of the body;
Yes, (C)the glittering point comes out of his [c]gall.
(D)Terrors come upon him;
26 Total darkness is reserved for his treasures.
(E)An unfanned fire will consume him;
It shall go ill with him who is left in his tent.
27 The heavens will reveal his iniquity,
And the earth will rise up against him.
28 The increase of his house will depart,
And his goods will flow away in the day of His (F)wrath.
29 (G)This is the portion from God for a wicked man,
The heritage appointed to him by God.”
Job 20:20-29
Lexham English Bible
20 Because he has not known satisfaction in his stomach,
he lets nothing escape that he desires.[a]
21 There is nothing left after he has eaten;[b]
therefore his prosperity will not endure.
22 In the fullness of his excess he will be in distress;[c]
all of misery’s power will come upon him.
23 When his stomach fills up,[d] God will send his burning anger[e] upon him,
and he will let it rain down upon him[f] as his food.
24 “He will flee from an iron weapon,
but an arrow of bronze will pierce him.
25 He draws it forth, and it comes out from his body,
and the glittering point comes from his gall-bladder;
terrors come upon him.
26 Total darkness[g] is hidden for his treasures;[h]
an unfanned fire[i] will devour him;
the remnant[j] will be consumed[k] in his tent.
27 The heavens will reveal his guilt,
and the earth will rise up against him.
28 The products of his house will be carried away[l]
like gushing waters[m] on the day of his wrath.
29 This is a wicked human being’s portion from God
and the inheritance of his decree from God.”[n]
Footnotes
- Job 20:20 Literally “in his desire he does not let be saved”
- Job 20:21 Literally “There is not a remnant at his eating”
- Job 20:22 Literally “it will be in distress for him”
- Job 20:23 Literally “It will be to fill up his stomach”
- Job 20:23 Literally “the blaze of his nose/anger”
- Job 20:23 Or “them”
- Job 20:26 Literally “All darkness”
- Job 20:26 Or “His treasures are hidden by total darkness”
- Job 20:26 Literally “a fire not fanned”
- Job 20:26 Of his treasures
- Job 20:26 Literally “will be evil,” or “will be bad”
- Job 20:28 Or “the produce of his house will go away into exile”
- Job 20:28 Or “by gushing waters”
- Job 20:29 Or “and the inheritance decreed for him by God” (compare ESV, NJPS)
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