Christian Standard Bible
Job 21:20
20Let his own eyes see his demise; let him drink from the Almighty’s wrath!
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, like chaff a storm sweeps away? 19God reserves a person’s punishment for his children. Let God repay the person himself, so that he may know it. Let his own eyes see his demise; let him drink from the Almighty’s wrath! 21For what does he care about his family once he is dead, when the number of his months has run out? 22Can anyone teach God knowledge, since he judges the exalted ones?
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יִרְא֣וּ עֵינָ֣יו כִּיד֑וֹ וּמֵחֲמַ֖ת שַׁדַּ֣י יִשְׁתֶּֽה׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 21:20
- Job 27:19He lies down wealthy, but will do so no more; when he opens his eyes, it is gone.
- Luke 16:23And being in torment in Hades, he looked up and saw Abraham a long way off, with Lazarus at his side.
- Psalms 75:8For there is a cup in the Lord’s hand, full of wine blended with spices, and he pours from it. All the wicked of the earth will drink, draining it to the dregs.
- Isaiah 51:17Wake yourself, wake yourself up! Stand up, Jerusalem, you who have drunk the cup of his fury from the Lord’s hand; you who have drunk the goblet to the dregs — the cup that causes people to stagger.
- Jeremiah 25:15This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, said to me: “Take this cup of the wine of wrath from my hand and make all the nations to whom I am sending you drink from it.
- Jeremiah 51:7Babylon was a gold cup in the Lord’s hand, making the whole earth drunk. The nations drank her wine; therefore, the nations go mad.
- Revelation 14:10he will also drink the wine of God’s wrath, which is poured full strength into the cup of his anger. He will be tormented with fire and sulfur in the sight of the holy angels and in the sight of the Lamb,
- Revelation 19:15A sharp sword came from his mouth, so that he might strike the nations with it. He will rule them with an iron rod. He will also trample the winepress of the fierce anger of God, the Almighty.
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
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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
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