Job 20:29

Job 20:29 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed unto him by God.
• New International Version (NIV)Such is the fate God allots the wicked, the heritage appointed for them by God.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)This is the wicked man's portion from God, the heritage decreed for him by God."
• New King James Version (NKJV)This is the portion from God for a wicked man, The heritage appointed to him by God.”

Context of Job 20:29

27The heavens will show that he is guilty. People on earth will speak against him. 28A flood will destroy his house and everything that he has. That will happen on the day when God punishes people because he is angry with them. That is how God punishes wicked people. God has decided to punish them as they deserve.’

Job 20:29 word by word

זֶ֤ה׀ חֵֽלֶק־אָדָ֣ם רָ֭שָׁע מֵאֱלֹהִ֑ים וְנַחֲלַ֖ת אִמְר֣וֹ מֵאֵֽל׃ פRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• the portionחֵ֫לֶקchêleq · portionH2506
• of a wickedרָשָׁעrâshâ‛ · wickedH7563
• manאָדָם'âdâm · manH120
• from Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• and the heritageנַחֲלָהnachălâh · inheritanceH5159
• appointedאֵמֶר'êmer · wordH561
• unto him by Godאֵל'êl · GodH410

Cross-references for Job 20:29

• Job 18:21I know that this is what happens to the homes of evil people. It happens to people who turn away from God.’
• Job 27:13I will tell you what Almighty God does to wicked people. He punishes cruel people as they deserve.
• Job 31:2Anyone who does that should expect God to punish them. Almighty God in heaven above punishes people who do wrong things.
• Deuteronomy 29:20The Lord will never forgive that person. He will be very angry with him. The Lord will punish him in all the terrible ways that are written in this book. The Lord will destroy him completely so that his family name comes to an end.
• Psalms 11:5The Lord watches both good people and wicked people. Good people please him, but he hates wicked people and cruel people.
• Matthew 24:51Then the master will punish him a lot. He will put the servant with those people who do not obey him. The people in that place will cry and they will bite their teeth together.’
• Lamentations 3:38The Most High God causes all things to happen. He causes good things and bad things to happen when he speaks.

Commentaries on Job 20:29

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 29This is the portion - As God has dealt with the murmuring Israelites, and with the rebellious sons of Korah, so will he deal with those who murmur against the dispensations of his providence, and rebel against his authority. Instead of an earthly portion, and an ecclesiastical heritage, such as Korah, Dathan, and Abiram sought; they shall have fire from God to scorch them, and the earth to swallow them up. Dr. Stock, bishop of Killala, who has noticed the…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 29This is the portion of a wicked man - This conclusion is similar to that which Bildad drew at the close of his speech, Job 18:21. Zophar intended, undoubtedly, that Job should apply it to himself, and that he should draw the inference, that one who had been treated in this manner, must be a wicked man. And the heritage appointed - Margin, “of his decree from.” The Hebrew is,” Of his word” (אמרוּ 'êmerô ) - that is, of his “purpose.” The idea is, that…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. 2929. appointed--not as a matter of chance, but by the divine "decree" (Margin) and settled principle.Read the comment

Topics related to Job 20:29

• Wicked (People)
• Worldliness

In the dictionaries

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