New King James Version
Job 21:20
20Let his eyes see his destruction, And let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
Job 21:20 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
- New International Version (NIV)Let their own eyes see their destruction; let them drink the cup of the wrath of the Almighty.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Let their own eyes see their destruction, and let them drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Let them see their destruction with their own eyes. Let them drink deeply of the anger of the Almighty.
Context of Job 21:20
18They are like straw before the wind, And like chaff that a storm carries away. 19They say, ‘God lays up one’s iniquity for his children’; Let Him recompense him, that he may know it. Let his eyes see his destruction, And let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty. 21For what does he care about his household after him, When the number of his months is cut in half? 22“Can anyone teach God knowledge, Since He judges those on high?
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יִרְא֣וּ עֵינָ֣יו כִּיד֑וֹ וּמֵחֲמַ֖ת שַׁדַּ֣י יִשְׁתֶּֽה׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 21:20
- Job 27:19The rich man will lie down, But not be gathered up; He opens his eyes, And he is no more.
- Luke 16:23And being in torments in Hades, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
- Psalms 75:8For in the hand of the Lord there is a cup, And the wine is red; It is fully mixed, and He pours it out; Surely its dregs shall all the wicked of the earth Drain and drink down.
- Isaiah 51:17Awake, awake! Stand up, O Jerusalem, You who have drunk at the hand of the Lord The cup of His fury; You have drunk the dregs of the cup of trembling, And drained it out.
- Jeremiah 25:15For thus says the Lord God of Israel to me: “Take this wine cup of fury from My hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send you, to drink it.
- Jeremiah 51:7Babylon was a golden cup in the Lord’s hand, That made all the earth drunk. The nations drank her wine; Therefore the nations are deranged.
- Revelation 14:10he himself shall also drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out full strength into the cup of His indignation. He shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb.
- Revelation 19:15Now out of His mouth goes a sharp sword, that with it He should strike the nations. And He Himself will rule them with a rod of iron. He Himself treads the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.
Commentaries on Job 21:20
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 20His eyes shall see his destruction - He shall perceive its approach, and have the double punishment of fearing and feeling; feeling a Thousand deaths in fearing One. He shall drink of the wrath - The cup of God's wrath, the cup of trembling, etc., is frequently expressed or referred to in the sacred writings, Deuteronomy 32:33; Isaiah 51:17-22; Jeremiah 25:15; Revelation 14:8. It appears to be a metaphor taken from those cups of poison which certain…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 20His eyes shall see his destruction - That is, his own eyes shall see his destruction, or the calamities that shall come upon him. That is, “You maintain that, or this is the position which you defend.” Job designs to meet this, and to show that it is not always so. And he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty - Wrath is often represented as a cup which the wicked are compelled to drink. See the notes, Isaiah 51:17.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 17-26Verses 17-26 Job had described the prosperity of wicked people; in these verses he opposes this to what his friends had maintained about their certain ruin in this life. He reconciles this to the holiness and justice of God. Even while they prosper thus, they are light and worthless, of no account with God, or with wise men. In the height of their pomp and power, there is but a step between them and ruin. Job refers the difference Providence makes between…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2020. Another questionable assertion of the friends, that the sinner sees his own and his children's destruction in his lifetime. drink--(Psa 11:6; Is 51:17; La 4:21).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 21
- 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
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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