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.
• 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.”
• New Living Translation (NLT)This is the reward that God gives the wicked. It is the inheritance decreed by God.”

Context of Job 20:29

27The heavens will expose his guilt; the earth will rise up against him. 28A flood will carry off his house, rushing waters on the day of God’s wrath. Such is the fate God allots the wicked, the heritage appointed for them by God.”

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 18:21Surely such is the dwelling of an evil man; such is the place of one who does not know God.”
• Job 27:13“Here is the fate God allots to the wicked, the heritage a ruthless man receives from the Almighty:
• Job 31:2For what is our lot from God above, our heritage from the Almighty on high?
• Deuteronomy 29:20The Lord will never be willing to forgive them; his wrath and zeal will burn against them. All the curses written in this book will fall on them, and the Lord will blot out their names from under heaven.
• Psalms 11:5The Lord examines the righteous, but the wicked, those who love violence, he hates with a passion.
• Matthew 24:51He will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the hypocrites, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
• Lamentations 3:38Is it not from the mouth of the Most High that both calamities and good things come?

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
• 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