Job 20:10

Job 20:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods.
• New International Version (NIV)His children must make amends to the poor; his own hands must give back his wealth.
• English Standard Version (ESV)His children will seek the favor of the poor, and his hands will give back his wealth.
• New King James Version (NKJV)His children will seek the favor of the poor, And his hands will restore his wealth.

Context of Job 20:10

8He will disappear like a dream that quickly goes away. Nobody can find him any more. 9People who knew him will never see him again. His family will no longer recognize him. His children will have to give things back to poor people. Those are the valuable things that he took from them. 11He still had the strength of a young man. But his strength will die with him when he lies in his grave. 12He enjoys the wicked things that he does. They are like something sweet in his mouth.

Job 20:10 word by word

בָּ֭נָיו יְרַצּ֣וּ דַלִּ֑ים וְ֝יָדָ֗יו תָּשֵׁ֥בְנָה אוֹנֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• His childrenבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• shall seek to pleaseרָצָהrâtsâh · to acceptH7521
• the poorדַּלdal · poorH1800
• and his handsיָדyâd · handH3027
• shall restoreשׁוּבshûb · to return: returnH7725
• their goodsאוֹן'ôn · strengthH202

Cross-references for Job 20:10

• Proverbs 28:3A poor person who is cruel to helpless people is like a storm that destroys crops.
• Psalms 109:10Cause his children to have no home, so that they go from place to place, and ask people to give them food.
• Job 20:18He will have to give back everything that he owned. He will not enjoy the things that he has worked for.
• Exodus 12:36The Lord had caused the Egyptians to be kind to the Israelites. Because of this, the Egyptians gave the Israelites everything that they asked for. In that way, the Israelites took away all the valuable things that belonged to the Egyptians.
• Exodus 22:1Perhaps someone may take another person's cow or sheep for himself. He may kill it or he may sell it. As punishment, he must pay the owner five cows for each cow that he has taken. He must pay four sheep for each sheep that he has taken.
• Exodus 9:2If you refuse to let them go, you will have more trouble. If you still keep them in Egypt,
• 2 Samuel 12:6He did that cruel thing and he was not sorry for the poor man. So he must pay the poor man enough money to buy four lambs.’
• Proverbs 6:31But if someone catches him, he must pay back seven times what he took. He may lose everything that he has in his house.
• Luke 19:8Later, Zacchaeus stood up in front of everyone. He said to the Lord Jesus, ‘Listen, Master! I will give half of all the things that I have to poor people. I may have taken too much money from some people. I will give back to them four times as much as I took from them wrongly.’

Commentaries on Job 20:10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10His children shall seek to please the poor - They shall be reduced to the lowest degree of poverty and want, so as to be obliged to become servants to the poor. Cursed be Ham, a servant of servants shall he be. There are cases where the poor actually serve the poor; and this is the lowest or most abject state of poverty. His hands shall restore their goods - He shall be obliged to restore the goods that he has taken by violence. Mr. Good translates: His…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10His children shall seek to please the poor - Margin, or, “the poor shall oppress his children.” The idea in the Hebrew seems to be, that his sons shall be reduced to the humiliating condition of asking the aid of the most needy and abject. Instead of being in a situation to assist others, and to indulge in a liberal hospitality, they themselves shall be reduced to the necessity of applying to the poor for the means of subsistence. There is great strength…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
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10Riches stolen do not provide benefits that last because they obtain them in a dishonest way (20:18–21).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. seek to please--"Atone to the poor" (by restoring the property of which they had been robbed by the father) [De Wette]. Better than English Version, "The children" are reduced to the humiliating condition of "seeking the favor of those very poor," whom the father had oppressed. But Umbreit translates as Margin. his hands--rather, "their (the children's) hands." their goods--the goods of the poor. Righteous retribution! (Ex 20:5).Read the comment

Topics related to Job 20:10

• Hypocrisy
• Wicked (People)
• Worldliness

In the dictionaries

• Rain
• Short
• Goods
• 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