Job 20:22 “In the midst of his plenty, he will be distressed; the full force of m…”

Job 20:22

In the midst of his plenty, he will be distressed; the full force of misery will come upon him.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand of the wicked shall come upon him.

World English Bible

In the fullness of his sufficiency, distress will overtake him. The hand of everyone who is in misery will come on him.

American Standard Version

In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: The hand of every one that is in misery shall come upon him.

Geneva Bible 1599

When he shalbe filled with his abundance, he shalbe in paine, and the hand of all the wicked shall assaile him.

Darby Translation

In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits; every hand of the wretched shall come upon him.

Young's Literal Translation

In the fulness of his sufficiency he is straitened. Every perverse hand doth meet him.

Bible in Basic English

Even when his wealth is great, he is full of care, for the hand of everyone who is in trouble is turned against him.

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Cross references

“the fulness”

Job 15:29 Revelation 18:7 Job 18:7 Psalm 39:5 Ecclesiastes 2:18–20

Job 15:29 · BSB

He will no longer be rich; his wealth will not endure. His possessions will not overspread the land.

Revelation 18:7 · BSB

As much as she has glorified herself and lived in luxury, give her the same measure of torment and grief. In her heart she says, ‘I sit as queen; I am not a widow and will never see grief.’

Job 18:7 · BSB

His vigorous stride is shortened, and his own schemes trip him up.

Psalm 39:5 · BSB

You, indeed, have made my days as handbreadths, and my lifetime as nothing before You. Truly each man at his best exists as but a breath. Selah

Ecclesiastes 2:18–20 · BSB

I hated all for which I had toiled under the sun, because I must leave it to the man who comes after me.

“every hand”

Job 1:15 Job 1:17 Job 16:11 2 Kings 24:2 Isaiah 10:6

Job 1:15 · BSB

the Sabeans swooped down and took them away. They put the servants to the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you!”

Job 1:17 · BSB

While he was still speaking, another messenger came and reported: “The Chaldeans formed three bands, raided the camels, and took them away. They put the servants to the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you!”

Job 16:11 · BSB

God has delivered me to unjust men; He has thrown me to the clutches of the wicked.

2 Kings 24:2 · BSB

And the LORD sent Chaldean, Aramean, Moabite, and Ammonite raiders against Jehoiakim in order to destroy Judah, according to the word that the LORD had spoken through His servants the prophets.

Isaiah 10:6 · BSB

I will send him against a godless nation; I will dispatch him against a people destined for My rage, to take spoils and seize plunder, and to trample them down like clay in the streets.

“wicked”

Job 3:17

Job 3:17 · BSB

There the wicked cease from raging, and there the weary find rest.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

21Nothing is left for him to consume; thus his prosperity will not endure.

23When he has filled his stomach, God will vent His fury upon him, raining it down on him as he eats.

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