EasyEnglish Bible 2018
Job 20:22
22When he has everything that he wants, trouble suddenly comes to him.
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
20He will always want to have more things for himself. He takes anything that he wants to have. 21Now nothing remains for him to take. So his riches will come to an end. When he has everything that he wants, trouble suddenly comes to him. 23When he is filling himself with good food, God will punish him. God will be very angry with him. God will attack the wicked person so that he suffers. 24He may escape from a soldier who has an iron sword. But then a soldier will shoot a bronze arrow into him.
Read all of Job 20Job 20:22 word by word
בִּמְלֹ֣אות שִׂ֭פְקוֹ יֵ֣צֶר ל֑וֹ כָּל־יַ֖ד עָמֵ֣ל תְּבוֹאֶֽנּוּ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 20:22
- Job 15:29He will not be rich. He will lose his valuable things. Everything that he has will disappear.
- Job 18:7Once he was strong but now his legs are weak. His own ideas cause him to fall down.
- Psalms 39:5Yes, you have made the days of my life only a few! The time that I live seems very short to you. Human life is only a breath, even for those who seem to be strong. Selah.
- Ecclesiastes 2:18I thought about all the hard work that I have done here on the earth. When I die, all the things that I worked so hard to get will belong to the next king. So I hated all my hard work.
- Revelation 18:7She liked to receive honour. She bought expensive things to enjoy a wicked life. So now give her the trouble and pain that she deserves. She has said to herself, “I rule people like a queen. I do not live like a widow. I will never need to be sad.”
- Job 1:15Some men from Sheba suddenly came and they attacked us. They took away all your oxen and your donkeys. They also killed all your other servants. I was the only one who escaped. I ran here to tell you what has happened.’
- Job 16:11God has allowed evil men to take hold of me. He has put me under the power of wicked men.
- 2 Kings 24:2The Lord sent groups of soldiers to attack towns in Judah. The soldiers came from Babylon, Syria, Moab and Ammon. The Lord sent them to destroy Judah. He had already sent his servants, the prophets, to warn the people of Judah about this.
- Isaiah 10:6I send Assyria's army against a nation that does not serve God. I command them to attack the people with whom I am angry. I tell them to take that nation's valuable things for themselves. I tell them to walk all over them, as if they were walking on dirt in the streets.
- Job 3:17After death, wicked people can no longer cause any trouble. People who have become tired can 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
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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
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