Job 20:23

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

21There was nothing left that he devoured not; therefore his prosperity shall not endure. 22In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: the hand of every one that is in misery shall come upon him. When he is about to fill his belly, God shall cast the fierceness of his wrath upon him, and shall rain it upon him while he is eating. 24He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of brass shall strike him through. 25He draweth it forth, and it cometh out of his body: yea, the glittering point cometh out of his gall; terrors are upon him.

Job 20:23 word by word

יְהִ֤י׀ לְמַלֵּ֬א בִטְנ֗וֹ יְֽשַׁלַּח־בּ֭וֹ חֲר֣וֹן אַפּ֑וֹ וְיַמְטֵ֥ר עָ֝לֵ֗ימוֹ בִּלְחוּמֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear

• aboutהָיָהhâyâh · to beH1961
• fillמָלֵאmâlê' mâlâ' · to fillH4390
• bellyבֶּ֫טֶןbeţen · belly: abdomenH990
• Godשָׁלַחshâlach · to send: departH7971
• fiercenessחָרוֹןchârôn chârôn · burning angerH2740
• wrathאַף'aph · face: angerH639
• uponעַל‛al · uponH5921
• rainמָטַרmâţar · to rainH4305
• eatingלְחוּםlâchûm lâchûm · intestineH3894

Cross-references for Job 20:23

• Numbers 11:33While the flesh was yet between their teeth, ere it was chewed, the anger of the LORD was kindled against the people, and the LORD smote the people with a very great plague.
• Psalms 78:30They were not estranged from their lust, their meat was yet in their mouths,
• Malachi 2:2If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith the LORD of hosts, then will I send the curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings: yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay it to heart.
• Luke 12:17and he reasoned within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have not where to bestow my fruits?
• Genesis 19:24Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven;
• Exodus 9:23And Moses stretched forth his rod toward heaven: and the LORD sent thunder and hail, and fire ran down unto the earth; and the LORD rained hail upon the land of Egypt.
• Psalms 11:6Upon the wicked he shall rain snares; fire and brimstone and burning wind shall be the portion of their cup.
• Isaiah 21:4My heart panteth, horror hath affrighted me: the twilight that I desired hath been turned into trembling unto 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

Topics related to Job 20:23

• Wicked (People)
• Worldliness

In the dictionaries

• God
• Fury
• Rain
• Short
• Belly
• Inspiration
• 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