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.
• New International Version (NIV)Such is the fate God allots the wicked, the heritage appointed for them 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.”

Context of Job 20:29

27The heavens shall reveal his iniquity, and the earth shall rise up against him. 28The increase of his house shall depart, his goods shall flow away in the day of his wrath. This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed unto him by God.

Job 20:29 word by word

זֶ֤ה׀ חֵֽלֶק־אָדָ֣ם רָ֭שָׁע מֵאֱלֹהִ֑ים וְנַחֲלַ֖ת אִמְר֣וֹ מֵאֵֽל׃ פRead the interlinear

• portionחֵ֫לֶקchêleq · portionH2506
• wickedרָשָׁעrâshâ‛ · wickedH7563
• manאָדָם'âdâm · manH120
• Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• heritageנַחֲלָהnachălâh · inheritanceH5159
• Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430

Cross-references for Job 20:29

• Job 18:21Surely such are the dwellings of the unrighteous, and this is the place of him that knoweth not God.
• Job 27:13This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, which they receive from the Almighty.
• Job 31:2For what is the portion of God from above, and the heritage of the Almighty from on high?
• Deuteronomy 29:20the LORD will not pardon him, but then the anger of the LORD and his jealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the curse that is written in this book shall lie upon him, and the LORD shall blot out his name from under heaven.
• Psalms 11:5The LORD trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.
• Matthew 24:51and shall cut him asunder, and appoint his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be the weeping and gnashing of teeth.
• Lamentations 3:38Out of the mouth of the Most High cometh there not evil and good?

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