Tree of Life Version
Job 20:22
22In the fullness of his plenty, he will be distressed; the full force of misery will come upon him.
Job 20:22 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand of the wicked shall come upon him.
- New International Version (NIV)In the midst of his plenty, distress will overtake him; the full force of misery will come upon him.
- English Standard Version (ESV)In the fullness of his sufficiency he will be in distress; the hand of everyone in misery will come against him.
- New King James Version (NKJV)In his self-sufficiency he will be in distress; Every hand of misery will come against him.
Context of Job 20:22
20For he knows no satisfaction from his greed, he cannot save himself by his desires. 21Nothing remains for him to devour; therefore his prosperity will not last. In the fullness of his plenty, he will be distressed; the full force of misery will come upon him. 23While he is filling his belly, He will send the anger of His wrath against him, and rain it down it on him, on his flesh. 24Though he flees from an iron weapon, a bronze bow pierces him through.
Read all of Job 20Job 20:22 word by word
בִּמְלֹ֣אות שִׂ֭פְקוֹ יֵ֣צֶר ל֑וֹ כָּל־יַ֖ד עָמֵ֣ל תְּבוֹאֶֽנּוּ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 20:22
- Job 15:29He will not become rich, and his wealth will not endure, nor will his possessions spread over the land.
- Job 18:7His vigorous stride is shortened, and his own scheme throws him down.
- Psalms 39:5“Let me know, Adonai, my end and what the number of my days is. Let me know how short-lived I am.
- Ecclesiastes 2:18I also hated all the fruit of my toil for which I had labored under the sun, because I must leave it to the one who comes after me.
- Revelation 18:7As she has exalted herself and indulged herself in luxury, so give her the same measure of torment and grief! For in her heart she says, ‘I sit as a queen— I am no widow; I shall never see grief.’
- Job 1:15when the Sabeans attacked and carried them off. They also killed the servants with the edge of the sword—I alone escaped to tell you!”
- Job 16:11God has handed me over to the ungodly, and tossed me into the hands of the wicked.
- 2 Kings 24:2Then Adonai sent against him marauding bands of the Chaldeans, Arameans, Moabites and Ammonites—He sent them against Judah to destroy it, as was the word of Adonai that He had spoken by the hand of His servants the prophets.
- Isaiah 10:6I am sending it against an ungodly nation, and against the people of My fury I am commissioning it, to take spoil and plunder, to trample them down like mud in the streets.
- Job 3:17There the wicked cease from turmoil, and there the weary are at rest.
Commentaries on Job 20:22
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 22In the fullness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits - This is a fine saying, and few of the menders of Job's text have been able to improve the version. It is literally true of every great, rich, wicked man; he has no God, and anxieties and perplexities torment him, notwithstanding he has his portion in this life. Every hand of the wicked shall come upon him - All kinds of misery shall be his portion. Coverdale translates: Though he had…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 22In the fulness of his sufficiency - When he seems to have an abundance. He shall be in straits - Either by the dread of calamity, or because calamity shall come suddenly upon him, and his property shall be swept away. When everything seemed to be abundant he should be reduced to want. Every hand of the wicked shall come upon him - Margin, “or, troublesome” The meaning is, that all that the wretched or miserable endure should come suddenly upon him…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
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2222. shall be--rather, "he is (feeleth) straitened." The next clause explains in what respect. wicked--Rather, "the whole hand of the miserable (whom he had oppressed) cometh upon him"; namely, the sense of his having oppressed the poor, now in turn comes with all its power (hand) on him. This caused his "straitened" feeling even in prosperity.Read the comment
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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
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