Job 21:20

Job 21:20 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
• New International Version (NIV)Let their own eyes see their destruction; let them drink the cup of the wrath of the Almighty.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Let their own eyes see their destruction, and let them drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Let his eyes see his destruction, And let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty.

Context of Job 21:20

18Are they like straw before the wind, And like chaff that the storm steals and carries away? 19You say, ‘God stores away [the punishment of] man’s wickedness for his children.’ Let God repay him so that he may know and experience it. Let his own eyes see his destruction, And let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty. 21For what pleasure does he have in his house and family after he is dead, When the number of his months [of life] is cut off? 22Can anyone teach God knowledge, Seeing that He judges those on high?

Job 21:20 word by word

יִרְא֣וּ עֵינָ֣יו כִּיד֑וֹ וּמֵחֲמַ֖ת שַׁדַּ֣י יִשְׁתֶּֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• His eyesעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eyeH5869
• shall seeרָאָהrâ'âh · to see: seeH7200
• his destructionכִּידkîyd · ruinH3589
• and he shall drinkשָׁתָהshâthâh · to drinkH8354
• of the wrathחֵמָהchêmâh chêmâ' · rageH2534
• of the Almightyשַׁדַּיshadday · AlmightyH7706

Cross-references for Job 21:20

• Job 27:19He lies down rich, but never will again; He opens his eyes, and it is gone.
• Luke 16:23In Hades (the realm of the dead), being in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham far away and Lazarus in his bosom (paradise).
• Psalms 75:8For a cup [of His wrath] is in the hand of the Lord, and the wine foams; It is well mixed and fully spiced, and He pours out from it; And all the wicked of the earth must drain it and drink down to its dregs.
• Isaiah 51:17Wake yourself up! Wake yourself up! Stand up, O Jerusalem, You who have drunk at the hand of the Lord the cup of His wrath, You who have drunk the cup of staggering and intoxication to the dregs [leaving only sediment].
• Jeremiah 25:15For thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, to me, “Take this cup of the wine of wrath from My hand and cause all the nations to whom I send you to drink it.
• Jeremiah 51:7Babylon has been a golden cup in the Lord’s hand, Intoxicating all the earth. The nations drank her wine; Therefore the nations have gone mad.
• Revelation 14:10he too will [have to] drink of the wine of the wrath of God, mixed undiluted into the cup of His anger; and he will be tormented with fire and brimstone (flaming sulfur) in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb (Christ).
• Revelation 19:15From His mouth comes a sharp sword (His word) with which He may strike down the nations, and He will rule them with a rod of iron; and He will tread the wine press of the fierce wrath of God, the Almighty [in judgment of the rebellious world].

Commentaries on Job 21:20

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 20His eyes shall see his destruction - He shall perceive its approach, and have the double punishment of fearing and feeling; feeling a Thousand deaths in fearing One. He shall drink of the wrath - The cup of God's wrath, the cup of trembling, etc., is frequently expressed or referred to in the sacred writings, Deuteronomy 32:33; Isaiah 51:17-22; Jeremiah 25:15; Revelation 14:8. It appears to be a metaphor taken from those cups of poison which certain…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 20His eyes shall see his destruction - That is, his own eyes shall see his destruction, or the calamities that shall come upon him. That is, “You maintain that, or this is the position which you defend.” Job designs to meet this, and to show that it is not always so. And he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty - Wrath is often represented as a cup which the wicked are compelled to drink. See the notes, Isaiah 51:17.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 17-26Verses 17-26 Job had described the prosperity of wicked people; in these verses he opposes this to what his friends had maintained about their certain ruin in this life. He reconciles this to the holiness and justice of God. Even while they prosper thus, they are light and worthless, of no account with God, or with wise men. In the height of their pomp and power, there is but a step between them and ruin. Job refers the difference Providence makes between…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2020. Another questionable assertion of the friends, that the sinner sees his own and his children's destruction in his lifetime. drink--(Psa 11:6; Is 51:17; La 4:21).Read the comment

Topics related to Job 21:20

• Wicked (People)

Commentaries on Job 21

• 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
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings