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

18Do they become as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away? 19God layeth up [the punishment of] his iniquity for his children; he rewardeth him, and he shall know [it]: His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the fury of the Almighty. 21For what pleasure should he have in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off? 22Can any teach God knowledge? And he it is that judgeth those that are high.

Job 21:20 word by word

יִרְא֣וּ עֵינָ֣יו כִּיד֑וֹ וּמֵחֲמַ֖ת שַׁדַּ֣י יִשְׁתֶּֽה׃Read the interlinear

• eyesעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eyeH5869
• seeרָאָהrâ'âh · to see: seeH7200
• drinkשָׁתָהshâthâh · to drinkH8354
• Almightyשַׁדַּיshadday · AlmightyH7706

Cross-references for Job 21:20

• Job 27:19He lieth down rich, but will do so no more; he openeth his eyes, and he is not.
• Luke 16:23And in hades lifting up his eyes, being in torments, he sees Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
• Psalms 75:8For in the hand of Jehovah there is a cup, and it foameth with wine, it is full of mixture; and he poureth out of the same; yea, the dregs thereof shall all the wicked of the earth drain off, [and] drink.
• Isaiah 51:17Arouse thyself, arouse thyself, stand up, Jerusalem, which hast drunk at the hand of Jehovah the cup of his fury. Thou hast drunk, hast drained out the goblet-cup of bewilderment:
• Jeremiah 25:15For thus hath Jehovah the God of Israel said unto me: Take the cup of the wine of this fury at my hand, and cause all the nations to whom I send thee to drink it.
• Jeremiah 51:7Babylon hath been a golden cup in Jehovah's hand, that made all the earth drunken: the nations have drunk of her wine; therefore have the nations become mad.
• Revelation 14:10he also shall drink of the wine of the fury of God prepared unmixed in the cup of his wrath, and he shall be tormented in fire and brimstone before the holy angels and before the Lamb.
• Revelation 19:15And out of his mouth goes a sharp [two-edged] sword, that with it he might smite the nations; and he shall shepherd them with an iron rod; and he treads the wine-press of the fury of the wrath 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

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