Job 20:23 “When he has filled his stomach, God will vent His fury upon him, raini…”

Job 20:23

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

When he is about to fill his belly, God will cast the fierceness of his wrath on him. It will rain on him while he is eating.

American Standard Version

When he is about to fill his belly, God will cast the fierceness of his wrath upon him, And will rain it upon him while he is eating.

Geneva Bible 1599

He shall be about to fill his belly, but God shall sende vpon him his fierce wrath, and shall cause to rayne vpon him, euen vpon his meate.

Darby Translation

It shall be that, to fill his belly, he will cast his fierce anger upon him, and will rain it upon him into his flesh.

Young's Literal Translation

It cometh to pass, at the filling of his belly, He sendeth forth against him The fierceness of His anger, Yea, He raineth on him in his eating.

Bible in Basic English

God gives him his desire, and sends the heat of his wrath on him, making it come down on him like rain.

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Cross references

“he is about”

Numbers 11:33 Malachi 2:2 Luke 12:17–20 Psalm 78:30 Psalm 78:31

Numbers 11:33 · BSB

But while the meat was still between their teeth, before it was chewed, the anger of the LORD burned against the people, and the LORD struck them with a severe plague.

Malachi 2:2 · BSB

If you do not listen, and if you do not take it to heart to honor My name,” says the LORD of Hosts, “I will send a curse among you, and I will curse your blessings. Yes, I have already begun to curse them, because you ar…

Luke 12:17–20 · BSB

So he thought to himself, ‘What shall I do, since I have nowhere to store my crops?’

Psalm 78:30 · BSB

Yet before they had filled their desire, with the food still in their mouths,

Psalm 78:31 · BSB

God’s anger flared against them, and He put to death their strongest and subdued the young men of Israel.

“rain it”

Genesis 19:24 Exodus 9:23 Psalm 11:6 Isaiah 21:4

Genesis 19:24 · BSB

Then the LORD rained down sulfur and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah—from the LORD out of the heavens.

Exodus 9:23 · BSB

So Moses stretched out his staff toward heaven, and the LORD sent thunder and hail, and lightning struck the earth. So the LORD rained down hail upon the land of Egypt.

Psalm 11:6 · BSB

On the wicked He will rain down fiery coals and sulfur; a scorching wind will be their portion.

Isaiah 21:4 · BSB

My heart falters; fear makes me tremble. The twilight I desired has turned to horror.

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

In context

22In the midst of his plenty, he will be distressed; the full force of misery will come upon him.

24Though he flees from an iron weapon, a bronze-tipped arrow will pierce him.

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