Job 20:23

Job 20:23 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)When he is about to fill his belly, God shall cast the fury of his wrath upon him, and shall rain it upon him while he is eating.
• New International Version (NIV)When he has filled his belly, God will vent his burning anger against him and rain down his blows on him.
• English Standard Version (ESV)To fill his belly to the full, God will send his burning anger against him and rain it upon him into his body.
• New King James Version (NKJV)When he is about to fill his stomach, God will cast on him the fury of His wrath, And will rain it on him while he is eating.

Context of Job 20:23

21Now nothing remains for him to take. So his riches will come to an end. 22When he has everything that he wants, trouble suddenly comes to him. When 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. 25He pulls the arrow out of his back. His blood makes its sharp point shine brightly. He is very afraid.

Job 20:23 word by word

יְהִ֤י׀ לְמַלֵּ֬א בִטְנ֗וֹ יְֽשַׁלַּח־בּ֭וֹ חֲר֣וֹן אַפּ֑וֹ וְיַמְטֵ֥ר עָ֝לֵ֗ימוֹ בִּלְחוּמֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• he is about to fillמָלֵאmâlê' mâlâ' · to fillH4390
• his bellyבֶּ֫טֶןbeţen · belly: abdomenH990
• shall castשָׁלַחshâlach · to send: departH7971
• the furyחָרוֹןchârôn chârôn · burning angerH2740
• of his wrathאַף'aph · face: angerH639
• upon him, and shall rainמָטַרmâţar · to rainH4305
• upon him while he is eatingלְחוּםlâchûm lâchûm · intestineH3894

Cross-references for Job 20:23

• Numbers 11:33But the Lord became very angry with the people. They had not even started to eat the meat when the Lord sent a very bad disease among them.
• Psalms 78:30But God became very angry with them, even before they had finished eating. While the food was still in their mouths, he killed the strongest men among them. Many of the best young Israelite men died.
• Malachi 2:2‘Listen carefully to what I say to you. You must respect my name properly. If not, I will punish you. I will no longer bless you but I will curse you. I am already doing that because you do not respect my name as you should.
• Luke 12:17He thought about how much he would soon have. “I have nowhere to store all the food from my plants,” he said to himself.
• Genesis 19:24Then the Lord poured sulphur that was on fire down on Sodom and Gomorrah. It fell from the sky like rain.
• Exodus 9:23When Moses lifted up his stick towards the sky, the Lord sent a great storm. He sent thunder, hail and lightning.
• Psalms 11:6He will send hot coal and sulphur to fall like rain on wicked people. A dangerous wind will be the punishment that they deserve.
• Isaiah 21:4It confuses my mind. I shake with fear. I wanted a quiet evening, but instead there is terror.

Commentaries on Job 20:23

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 23When he is about to fill his belly - Here seems a plain allusion to the lustings of the children of Israel in the desert. God showered down quails upon them, and showered down his wrath while the flesh was in their mouth. The allusion is too plain to be mistaken; and this gives some countenance to the bishop of Killala's version of Job 20:20; - "Because he acknowledged not the quail in his stomach, In the midst of his delight he shall not escape." That…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 23When he is about to fill his belly - Or rather, “there shall be enough to fill his belly.” But what “kind” of food it should be, is indicated in the following part of the verse. “God” would fill him with the food of his displeasure. It is spoken sarcastically, as of a gormandizer, or a man who lived to enjoy eating, and the meaning is, that he should for once have enough. So Rosenmuller interprets it. God shall cast the fury - This is the kind of food…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 23-29Verses 23-29 Zophar, having described the vexations which attend wicked practices, shows their ruin from God's wrath. There is no fence against this, but in Christ, who is the only Covert from the storm and tempest, Is 32:2. Zophar concludes, "This is the portion of a wicked man from God;" it is allotted him. Never was any doctrine better explained, or worse applied, than this by Zophar, who intended to prove Job a hypocrite. Let us receive the good…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2323. Rather, "God shall cast (may God send) [Umbreit] upon him the fury of His wrath to fill his belly!" while ... eating--rather, "shall rain it upon him for his food!" Fiery rain, that is, lightning (Psa 11:6; alluding to Job's misfortune, Job 1:16). The force of the image is felt by picturing to one's self the opposite nature of a refreshing rain in the desert (Ex 16:4; Psa 68:9).Read the comment

Topics related to Job 20:23

• Wicked (People)
• Worldliness

In the dictionaries

• God
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Fury
• Rain
• Short
• Belly
• Inspiration
• 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