Job 22:20 “‘Surely our foes are destroyed, and fire has consumed their excess.’”

Job 22:20

‘Surely our foes are destroyed, and fire has consumed their excess.’

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the fire consumeth.

World English Bible

saying, ‘Surely those who rose up against us are cut off. The fire has consumed their remnant.’

American Standard Version

Saying, Surely they that did rise up against us are cut off, And the remnant of them the fire hath consumed.

Geneva Bible 1599

Surely our substance is hid: but the fire hath deuoured the remnant of them.

Darby Translation

Is not he who rose against us destroyed, and doth not the fire consume his residue?

Young's Literal Translation

'Surely our substance hath not been cut off, And their excellency hath fire consumed.'

Bible in Basic English

Saying, Truly, their substance is cut off, and their wealth is food for the fire.

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Cross references

“our substance”

Job 4:7 Luke 13:1–5 Job 8:3 Job 8:4 Job 15:5 Job 15:6

Job 4:7 · BSB

Consider now, I plead: Who, being innocent, has ever perished? Or where have the upright been destroyed?

Luke 13:1–5 · BSB

At that time some of those present told Jesus about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices.

Job 8:3 · BSB

Does God pervert justice? Does the Almighty pervert what is right?

Job 8:4 · BSB

When your children sinned against Him, He gave them over to their rebellion.

Job 15:5 · BSB

For your iniquity instructs your mouth, and you choose the language of the crafty.

Job 15:6 · BSB

Your own mouth, not mine, condemns you; your own lips testify against you.

“the fire”

Job 1:16 Job 20:26 Genesis 19:24 Luke 17:29 Luke 17:30 2 Peter 2:6

Job 1:16 · BSB

While he was still speaking, another messenger came and reported: “The fire of God fell from heaven. It burned and consumed the sheep and the servants, and I alone have escaped to tell you!”

Job 20:26 · BSB

Total darkness is reserved for his treasures. A fire unfanned will consume him and devour what is left in his tent.

Genesis 19:24 · BSB

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

Luke 17:29 · BSB

But on the day Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all.

Luke 17:30 · BSB

It will be just like that on the day the Son of Man is revealed.

2 Peter 2:6 · BSB

if He condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to destruction, reducing them to ashes as an example of what is coming on the ungodly;

Also

Job 15:30

Job 15:30 · BSB

He will not escape from the darkness; the flame will wither his shoots, and the breath of God’s mouth will carry him away.

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

In context

19The righteous see it and are glad; the innocent mock them:

21Reconcile now and be at peace with Him; thereby good will come to you.

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