Job 20:29

Job 20:29 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed unto him by God.
• New International Version (NIV)Such is the fate God allots the wicked, the heritage appointed for them by God.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)This is the wicked man's portion from God, the heritage decreed for him by God."
• New King James Version (NKJV)This is the portion from God for a wicked man, The heritage appointed to him by God.”

Context of Job 20:29

27The heavens will reveal his wickedness and guilt, And the earth will rise up against him. 28The produce and increase of his house will depart [with the victors]; His possessions will be dragged away in the day of God’s wrath. This is the wicked man’s portion from God, And the heritage decreed and appointed to him by God.”

Job 20:29 word by word

זֶ֤ה׀ חֵֽלֶק־אָדָ֣ם רָ֭שָׁע מֵאֱלֹהִ֑ים וְנַחֲלַ֖ת אִמְר֣וֹ מֵאֵֽל׃ פRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• the portionחֵ֫לֶקchêleq · portionH2506
• of a wickedרָשָׁעrâshâ‛ · wickedH7563
• manאָדָם'âdâm · manH120
• from Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• and the heritageנַחֲלָהnachălâh · inheritanceH5159
• appointedאֵמֶר'êmer · wordH561
• unto him by Godאֵל'êl · GodH410

Cross-references for Job 20:29

• Job 18:21Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked and the ungodly, And such is the place of him who does not know or recognize or honor God.”
• Job 27:13“This [which I am about to explain] is the portion of a wicked man from God, And the inheritance which tyrants and oppressors receive from the Almighty:
• Job 31:2For what is the portion I would have from God above, And what heritage from the Almighty on high?
• Deuteronomy 29:20the Lord will not be willing to forgive him, but then the anger of the Lord and His jealousy will burn against that man, and every curse which is written in this book will rest on him; the Lord will blot out his name from under heaven.
• Psalms 11:5The Lord tests the righteous and the wicked, And His soul hates the [malevolent] one who loves violence.
• Matthew 24:51and will cut him in two and put him with the hypocrites; in that place there will be weeping [over sorrow and pain] and grinding of teeth [over distress and anger].
• Lamentations 3:38Is it not from the mouth of the Most High That both adversity (misfortune) and good (prosperity, happiness) proceed?

Commentaries on Job 20:29

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 29This is the portion - As God has dealt with the murmuring Israelites, and with the rebellious sons of Korah, so will he deal with those who murmur against the dispensations of his providence, and rebel against his authority. Instead of an earthly portion, and an ecclesiastical heritage, such as Korah, Dathan, and Abiram sought; they shall have fire from God to scorch them, and the earth to swallow them up. Dr. Stock, bishop of Killala, who has noticed the…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 29This is the portion of a wicked man - This conclusion is similar to that which Bildad drew at the close of his speech, Job 18:21. Zophar intended, undoubtedly, that Job should apply it to himself, and that he should draw the inference, that one who had been treated in this manner, must be a wicked man. And the heritage appointed - Margin, “of his decree from.” The Hebrew is,” Of his word” (אמרוּ 'êmerô ) - that is, of his “purpose.” The idea is, that…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 23-29Verses 23-29 Zophar, having described the vexations which attend wicked practices, shows their ruin from God's wrath. There is no fence against this, but in Christ, who is the only Covert from the storm and tempest, Is 32:2. Zophar concludes, "This is the portion of a wicked man from God;" it is allotted him. Never was any doctrine better explained, or worse applied, than this by Zophar, who intended to prove Job a hypocrite. Let us receive the good…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2929. appointed--not as a matter of chance, but by the divine "decree" (Margin) and settled principle.Read the comment

Topics related to Job 20:29

• Wicked (People)
• Worldliness

In the dictionaries

• God
• Rain
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• Zophar

Commentaries on Job 20

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings