Job 20:23

Job 20:23 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)When he has filled his belly, God will vent his burning anger against him and rain down his blows on him.
• English Standard Version (ESV)To fill his belly to the full, God will send his burning anger against him and rain it upon him into his body.
• New King James Version (NKJV)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.

Context of Job 20:23

21Nothing is left for him to consume; therefore, his prosperity will not last. 22At the height of his success distress will come to him; the full weight of misery will crush him. When 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. 25He pulls it out of his back, the flashing tip out of his liver. Terrors come over him.

Job 20:23 word by word

יְהִ֤י׀ לְמַלֵּ֬א בִטְנ֗וֹ יְֽשַׁלַּח־בּ֭וֹ חֲר֣וֹן אַפּ֑וֹ וְיַמְטֵ֥ר עָ֝לֵ֗ימוֹ בִּלְחוּמֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• he is about to fillמָלֵאmâlê' mâlâ' · to fillH4390
• his bellyבֶּ֫טֶןbeţen · belly: abdomenH990
• shall castשָׁלַחshâlach · to send: departH7971
• the furyחָרוֹןchârôn chârôn · burning angerH2740
• of his wrathאַף'aph · face: angerH639
• upon him, and shall rainמָטַרmâţar · to rainH4305
• upon him while he is eatingלְחוּםlâchûm lâchûm · intestineH3894

Cross-references for Job 20:23

• Numbers 11:33While the meat was still between their teeth, before it was chewed, the Lord’s anger burned against the people, and the Lord struck them with a very severe plague.
• Psalms 78:30Before they had turned from what they craved, while the food was still in their mouths,
• Malachi 2:2If you don’t listen, and if you don’t take it to heart to honor my name,” says the Lord of Armies, “I will send a curse among you, and I will curse your blessings. In fact, I have already begun to curse them because you are not taking it to heart.
• Luke 12:17He thought to himself, ‘What should I do, since I don’t have anywhere to store my crops?
• Genesis 19:24Then out of the sky the Lord rained on Sodom and Gomorrah burning sulfur from the Lord.
• Exodus 9:23So Moses stretched out his staff toward heaven, and the Lord sent thunder and hail. Lightning struck the land, and the Lord rained hail on the land of Egypt.
• Psalms 11:6Let him rain burning coals and sulfur on the wicked; let a scorching wind be the portion in their cup.
• Isaiah 21:4My heart staggers; horror terrifies me. He has turned my last glimmer of hope into sheer terror.

Commentaries on Job 20:23

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 23When he is about to fill his belly - Here seems a plain allusion to the lustings of the children of Israel in the desert. God showered down quails upon them, and showered down his wrath while the flesh was in their mouth. The allusion is too plain to be mistaken; and this gives some countenance to the bishop of Killala's version of Job 20:20; - "Because he acknowledged not the quail in his stomach, In the midst of his delight he shall not escape." That…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 23When he is about to fill his belly - Or rather, “there shall be enough to fill his belly.” But what “kind” of food it should be, is indicated in the following part of the verse. “God” would fill him with the food of his displeasure. It is spoken sarcastically, as of a gormandizer, or a man who lived to enjoy eating, and the meaning is, that he should for once have enough. So Rosenmuller interprets it. God shall cast the fury - This is the kind of food…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. 2323. Rather, "God shall cast (may God send) [Umbreit] upon him the fury of His wrath to fill his belly!" while ... eating--rather, "shall rain it upon him for his food!" Fiery rain, that is, lightning (Psa 11:6; alluding to Job's misfortune, Job 1:16). The force of the image is felt by picturing to one's self the opposite nature of a refreshing rain in the desert (Ex 16:4; Psa 68:9).Read the comment

Topics related to Job 20:23

• Wicked (People)
• Worldliness

In the dictionaries

• God
• Fury
• Rain
• Short
• Belly
• Inspiration
• 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