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

8Like a dream he flies away, never again to be found, and like a vision of the night he is put to flight. 9People who had seen him will not see him again, and the place where he was will recognize him no longer. His sons must recompense the poor; his own hands must return his wealth. 11His bones were full of his youthful vigor, but that vigor will lie down with him in the dust. 12“If evil is sweet in his mouth and he hides it under his tongue,

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 oppresses the weak is like a driving rain without food.
• Psalms 109:10May his children roam around begging, asking for handouts as they leave their ruined home!
• Job 20:18He gives back the ill-gotten gain without assimilating it; he will not enjoy the wealth from his commerce.
• Exodus 12:36The Lord gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians, and they gave them whatever they wanted, and so they plundered Egypt.
• Exodus 22:1(21:37) “If a man steals an ox or a sheep and kills it or sells it, he must pay back five head of cattle for the ox, and four sheep for the one sheep.
• Exodus 9:2For if you refuse to release them and continue holding them,
• 2 Samuel 12:6Because he committed this cold-hearted crime, he must pay for the lamb four times over!”
• Proverbs 6:31Yet if he is caught he must repay seven times over, he might even have to give all the wealth of his house.
• Luke 19:8But Zacchaeus stopped and said to the Lord, “Look, Lord, half of my possessions I now give to the poor, and if I have cheated anyone of anything, I am paying back four times as much!”

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
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• 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