Christian Standard Bible
Job 20:22
22At the height of his success distress will come to him; the full weight of misery will crush him.
Job 20:22 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand of the wicked shall come upon him.
- New International Version (NIV)In the midst of his plenty, distress will overtake him; the full force of misery will come upon him.
- English Standard Version (ESV)In the fullness of his sufficiency he will be in distress; the hand of everyone in misery will come against him.
- New King James Version (NKJV)In his self-sufficiency he will be in distress; Every hand of misery will come against him.
Context of Job 20:22
20Because his appetite is never satisfied, he does not let anything he desires escape. 21Nothing is left for him to consume; therefore, his prosperity will not last. At the height of his success distress will come to him; the full weight of misery will crush him. 23When he fills his stomach, God will send his burning anger against him, raining it down on him while he is eating. 24If he flees from an iron weapon, an arrow from a bronze bow will pierce him.
Read all of Job 20Job 20:22 word by word
בִּמְלֹ֣אות שִׂ֭פְקוֹ יֵ֣צֶר ל֑וֹ כָּל־יַ֖ד עָמֵ֣ל תְּבוֹאֶֽנּוּ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 20:22
- Job 15:29He will no longer be rich; his wealth will not endure. His possessions will not increase in the land.
- Job 18:7His powerful stride is shortened, and his own schemes trip him up.
- Psalms 39:5In fact, you have made my days just inches long, and my life span is as nothing to you. Yes, every human being stands as only a vapor.Selah
- Ecclesiastes 2:18I hated all my work that I labored at under the sun because I must leave it to the one who comes after me.
- Revelation 18:7As much as she glorified herself and indulged her sensual and excessive ways, give her that much torment and grief. For she says in her heart, “I sit as a queen; I am not a widow, and I will never see grief.”
- Job 1:15the Sabeans swooped down and took them away. They struck down the servants with the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you!”
- Job 16:11God hands me over to the unjust; he throws me to the wicked.
- 2 Kings 24:2The Lord sent Chaldean, Aramean, Moabite, and Ammonite raiders against Jehoiakim. He sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of the Lord he had spoken through his servants the prophets.
- Isaiah 10:6I will send him against a godless nation; I will command him to go against a people destined for my rage, to take spoils, to plunder, and to trample them down like clay in the streets.
- Job 3:17There the wicked cease to make trouble, and there the weary find rest.
Commentaries on Job 20:22
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 22In the fullness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits - This is a fine saying, and few of the menders of Job's text have been able to improve the version. It is literally true of every great, rich, wicked man; he has no God, and anxieties and perplexities torment him, notwithstanding he has his portion in this life. Every hand of the wicked shall come upon him - All kinds of misery shall be his portion. Coverdale translates: Though he had…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 22In the fulness of his sufficiency - When he seems to have an abundance. He shall be in straits - Either by the dread of calamity, or because calamity shall come suddenly upon him, and his property shall be swept away. When everything seemed to be abundant he should be reduced to want. Every hand of the wicked shall come upon him - Margin, “or, troublesome” The meaning is, that all that the wretched or miserable endure should come suddenly upon him…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10-22Verses 10-22 The miserable condition of the wicked man in this world is fully set forth. The lusts of the flesh are here called the sins of his youth. His hiding it and keeping it under his tongue, denotes concealment of his beloved lust, and delight therein. But He who knows what is in the heart, knows what is under the tongue, and will discover it. The love of the world, and of the wealth of it, also is wickedness, and man sets his heart upon these…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2222. shall be--rather, "he is (feeleth) straitened." The next clause explains in what respect. wicked--Rather, "the whole hand of the miserable (whom he had oppressed) cometh upon him"; namely, the sense of his having oppressed the poor, now in turn comes with all its power (hand) on him. This caused his "straitened" feeling even in prosperity.Read the comment
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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
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