Job 20:22

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 he knew no rest in his craving, he shall save nought of what he most desired. 21Nothing escaped his greediness; therefore his prosperity shall not endure. In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits; every hand of the wretched shall come upon him. 23It shall be that, to fill his belly, he will cast his fierce anger upon him, and will rain it upon him into his flesh. 24If he have fled from the iron weapon, the bow of brass shall strike him through.

Job 20:22 word by word

בִּמְלֹ֣אות שִׂ֭פְקוֹ יֵ֣צֶר ל֑וֹ כָּל־יַ֖ד עָמֵ֣ל תְּבוֹאֶֽנּוּ׃Read the interlinear

• handיָדyâd · handH3027
• comeבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935

Cross-references for Job 20:22

• Job 15:29He shall not become rich, neither shall his substance continue, and their possessions shall not extend upon the earth.
• Job 18:7The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down.
• Psalms 39:5Behold, thou hast made my days [as] hand-breadths, and my lifetime is as nothing before thee; verily, every man, [even] the high placed, is altogether vanity. Selah.
• Ecclesiastes 2:18And I hated all my labour wherewith I had been toiling under the sun, because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me.
• Revelation 18:7So much as she has glorified herself and lived luxuriously, so much torment and grief give to her. Because she says in her heart, I sit a queen, and I am not a widow; and I shall in no wise see grief:
• Job 1:15and [they of] Sheba fell [upon them] and took them, and the servants have they smitten with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped, alone, to tell thee.
• Job 16:11God hath delivered me over to the iniquitous man, and hurled me into the hands of the wicked.
• 2 Kings 24:2And Jehovah sent against him the bands of the Chaldeans, and the bands of the Syrians, and the bands of the Moabites, and the bands of the children of Ammon, and sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of Jehovah, which he spoke through his servants the prophets.
• Isaiah 10:6I will send him against a hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge; to take the spoil, and to seize the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.
• Job 3:17There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the wearied are at 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

Topics related to Job 20:22

• Wicked (People)
• Worldliness

In the dictionaries

• Rain
• Short
• Straight; Straightway
• Strait; Straiten; Straitly
• 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