New American Standard Bible 2020
Job 20:23
23When he 1fills his belly, God will send His fierce anger on him And 2rain it on him 3while he is eating.
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
21Nothing remains for him to devour, Therefore his prosperity does not endure. 22In the fullness of his excess he will be cramped; The hand of everyone who suffers will come against him. When he fills his belly, God will send His fierce anger on him And rain it on him while he is eating. 24He may flee from the iron weapon, But the bronze bow will pierce him. 25It is drawn and comes out of his back, Even the flashing point from his gallbladder; Terrors come upon him,
Read all of Job 20Job 20:23 word by word
יְהִ֤י׀ לְמַלֵּ֬א בִטְנ֗וֹ יְֽשַׁלַּח־בּ֭וֹ חֲר֣וֹן אַפּ֑וֹ וְיַמְטֵ֥ר עָ֝לֵ֗ימוֹ בִּלְחוּמֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Job 20:23
- Numbers 11:33While the meat was still between their teeth, before it was chewed, the anger of the Lord was kindled against the people, and the Lord struck the people with a very severe plague.
- Psalms 78:30Yet before they had abandoned their longing, While their food was in their mouths,
- Malachi 2:2If you do not listen, and if you do not take it to heart to give honor to My name,” says the Lord of armies, “then I will send the curse upon you and I will curse your blessings; and indeed, I have cursed them already, because you are not taking it to heart.
- Luke 12:17And he began thinking to himself, saying, ‘What shall I do, since I have no place to store my crops?’
- Genesis 19:24Then the Lord rained brimstone and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah from the Lord out of heaven,
- Exodus 9:23So Moses reached out with his staff toward the sky, and the Lord sent thunder and hail, and fire ran down to the earth. And the Lord rained hail on the land of Egypt.
- Psalms 11:6He will rain coals of fire upon the wicked, And brimstone and burning wind will be the portion of their cup.
- Isaiah 21:4My mind reels, horror overwhelms me; The twilight I longed for has been turned into trembling for me.
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
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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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