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the full force of misery will come upon him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/job/20.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />“In the midst of plenty, they will run into trouble and be overcome by misery.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/job/20.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />In the fullness of his sufficiency he will be in distress; the hand of everyone in misery will come against him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/job/20.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />In the midst of his plenty, he will be distressed; the full force of misery will come upon him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/job/20.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand of the wicked shall come upon him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/job/20.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />In his self-sufficiency he will be in distress; Every hand of misery will come against him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/job/20.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“In the fullness of his excess he will be cramped; The hand of everyone who suffers will come <i>against</i> him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/job/20.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220In the fullness of his plenty he will be cramped; The hand of everyone who suffers will come against him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/job/20.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“In the fulness of his plenty he will be cramped; The hand of everyone who suffers will come <i>against</i> him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/job/20.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />In the fullness of his plenty he will be confined; The hand of everyone who is troubled will come <i>against</i> him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/job/20.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“In the fullness of his excess (great abundance) he will be in trouble; The hand of everyone who suffers will come against him [he is miserable on every side].<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/job/20.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />At the height of his success distress will come to him; the full weight of misery will crush him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/job/20.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />At the height of his success distress will come to him; the full weight of misery will crush him. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/job/20.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: The hand of every one that is in misery shall come upon him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/job/20.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Once they have everything, distress and despair will strike them down, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/job/20.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: the hand of every one that is in misery shall come upon him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/job/20.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />[Even] with all his wealth the full force of misery comes down on him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/job/20.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />At the height of their success all the weight of misery will crush them. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/job/20.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Even though he is satiated and self-sufficient, he suffers— everyone in any sort of trouble will attack him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/job/20.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />In the midst of his plenty, he will be distressed; the full force of misery will come upon him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/job/20.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />In the fullness of his sufficiency, distress overtakes him. the full force of misery will come upon him. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/job/20.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />In the fullness of his sufficiency, distress shall overtake him. The hand of everyone who is in misery shall come on him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/job/20.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />In the fullness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand of the wicked shall come upon him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/job/20.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />In the fullness of his sufficiency, distress will overtake him. The hand of everyone who is in misery will come on him. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/job/20.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />In the fullness of his sufficiency he is constricted. Every perverse hand meets him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/job/20.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> In the fulness of his sufficiency he is straitened. Every perverse hand doth meet him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/job/20.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />In the fulness of his abundance it shall be pressed to him: every laboring hand shall come to him.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/job/20.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />When he shall be filled, he shall be straitened, he shall burn, and every sorrow shall fall upon him. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/job/20.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />When he will be satisfied, he will be constrained; he will seethe, and all anguish will fall upon him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/job/20.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />When he has more than enough, distress shall be his, every sort of trouble shall come upon him. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/job/20.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />In full sufficiency they will be in distress; all the force of misery will come upon them.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/job/20.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />With the measure with which he had measured, he shall be recompensed; the hand of the wicked shall come upon him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/job/20.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />In the measure that he measured he shall be paid, and every hand of the evil will come upon him<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/job/20.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits; The hand of every one that is in misery shall come upon him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/job/20.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />But when he shall seem to be just satisfied, he shall be straitened; and all distress shall come upon him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/job/20-22.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XAwuD5NuZq0?start=3121" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/job/20.htm">Zophar: Destruction Awaits the Wicked</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">21</span>Nothing is left for him to consume; thus his prosperity will not endure. <span class="reftext">22</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/4390.htm" title="4390: bim·lō·wṯ (Prep-b:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To be full, to fill. Or malae; a primitive root, to fill or be full of, in a wide application.">In the midst</a> <a href="/hebrew/5607.htm" title="5607: p̄ə·qōw (N-msc:: 3ms) -- Handclapping, mockery. Or sepheq; from caphaq; chastisement; also satiety.">of his plenty,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3334.htm" title="3334: yê·ṣer (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- A primitive root; to press, i.e. Be narrow; figuratively, be in distress.">he will be distressed;</a> <a href="/hebrew/lōw (Prep:: 3ms) -- "></a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">the full</a> <a href="/hebrew/3027.htm" title="3027: yaḏ (N-fsc) -- Hand (indicating power, means, direction, etc.)">force</a> <a href="/hebrew/6001.htm" title="6001: ‘ā·mêl (N-ms) -- Toiling, a laborer, sorrowful. From amal; toiling; concretely, a laborer; figuratively, sorrowful.">of misery</a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: tə·ḇō·w·’en·nū (V-Qal-Imperf-3fs:: 3mse) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">will come upon him.</a> </span><span class="reftext">23</span>When he has filled his stomach, God will vent His fury upon him, raining it down on him as he eats.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/1-27.htm">Proverbs 1:27-28</a></span><br />when your dread comes like a storm, and your destruction like a whirlwind, when distress and anguish overwhelm you. / Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; they will earnestly seek me, but will not find me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/73-19.htm">Psalm 73:19</a></span><br />How suddenly they are laid waste, completely swept away by terrors!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/12-20.htm">Luke 12:20</a></span><br />But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be required of you. Then who will own what you have accumulated?’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/11-4.htm">Proverbs 11:4</a></span><br />Riches are worthless in the day of wrath, but righteousness brings deliverance from death.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/47-11.htm">Isaiah 47:11</a></span><br />But disaster will come upon you; you will not know how to charm it away. A calamity will befall you that you will be unable to ward off. Devastation will happen to you suddenly and unexpectedly.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_thessalonians/5-3.htm">1 Thessalonians 5:3</a></span><br />While people are saying, “Peace and security,” destruction will come upon them suddenly, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/24-37.htm">Matthew 24:37-39</a></span><br />As it was in the days of Noah, so will it be at the coming of the Son of Man. / For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark. / And they were oblivious until the flood came and swept them all away. So will it be at the coming of the Son of Man.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/7-19.htm">Ezekiel 7:19</a></span><br />They will throw their silver into the streets, and their gold will seem unclean. Their silver and gold cannot save them in the day of the wrath of the LORD. They cannot satisfy their appetites or fill their stomachs with wealth, for it became the stumbling block that brought their iniquity.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/5-1.htm">James 5:1-3</a></span><br />Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail over the misery to come upon you. / Your riches have rotted and moths have eaten your clothes. / Your gold and silver are corroded. Their corrosion will testify against you and consume your flesh like fire. You have hoarded treasure in the last days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/13-7.htm">Proverbs 13:7</a></span><br />One pretends to be rich, but has nothing; another pretends to be poor, yet has great wealth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/18-7.htm">Revelation 18:7-8</a></span><br />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.’ / Therefore her plagues will come in one day—death and grief and famine—and she will be consumed by fire, for mighty is the Lord God who judges her.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/37-35.htm">Psalm 37:35-36</a></span><br />I have seen a wicked, ruthless man flourishing like a well-rooted native tree, / yet he passed away and was no more; though I searched, he could not be found.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_timothy/6-9.htm">1 Timothy 6:9-10</a></span><br />Those who want to be rich, however, fall into temptation and become ensnared by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction. / For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. By craving it, some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/30-13.htm">Isaiah 30:13</a></span><br />this iniquity of yours is like a breach about to fail, a bulge in a high wall, whose collapse will come suddenly—in an instant!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/16-19.htm">Luke 16:19-25</a></span><br />Now there was a rich man dressed in purple and fine linen, who lived each day in joyous splendor. / And a beggar named Lazarus lay at his gate, covered with sores / and longing to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man’s table. Even the dogs came and licked his sores. ...</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">In the fullness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand of the wicked shall come on him.</p><p class="hdg">the fulness</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/15-29.htm">Job 15:29</a></b></br> He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof upon the earth.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/18-7.htm">Job 18:7</a></b></br> The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/39-5.htm">Psalm 39:5</a></b></br> Behold, thou hast made my days <i>as</i> an handbreadth; and mine age <i>is</i> as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state <i>is</i> altogether vanity. Selah.</p><p class="hdg">every hand</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/1-15.htm">Job 1:15,17</a></b></br> And the Sabeans fell <i>upon them</i>, and took them away; yea, they have slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/16-11.htm">Job 16:11</a></b></br> God hath delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the hands of the wicked.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_kings/24-2.htm">2 Kings 24:2</a></b></br> And the LORD sent against him bands of the Chaldees, and bands of the Syrians, and bands of the Moabites, and bands of the children of Ammon, and sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by his servants the prophets.</p><p class="hdg">wicked.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/3-17.htm">Job 3:17</a></b></br> There the wicked cease <i>from</i> troubling; and there the weary be at rest.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/isaiah/49-20.htm">Cramped</a> <a href="/job/15-24.htm">Distress</a> <a href="/job/20-19.htm">Force</a> <a href="/job/20-11.htm">Full</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/16-32.htm">Fullness</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/16-32.htm">Fulness</a> <a href="/job/19-5.htm">Great</a> <a href="/job/19-21.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/job/6-14.htm">Meet</a> <a href="/job/20-13.htm">Midst</a> <a href="/job/15-35.htm">Misery</a> <a href="/esther/8-6.htm">Overtake</a> <a href="/job/18-21.htm">Perverse</a> <a href="/esther/1-18.htm">Plenty</a> <a href="/job/18-7.htm">Straitened</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/22-14.htm">Straits</a> <a href="/job/15-20.htm">Suffers</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/25-2.htm">Sufficiency</a> <a href="/job/20-19.htm">Trouble</a> <a href="/job/20-14.htm">Turned</a> <a href="/job/20-20.htm">Wealth</a> <a href="/job/20-5.htm">Wicked</a> <a href="/numbers/20-5.htm">Wretched</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/isaiah/49-19.htm">Cramped</a> <a href="/job/27-9.htm">Distress</a> <a href="/job/24-4.htm">Force</a> <a href="/job/20-23.htm">Full</a> <a href="/psalms/16-11.htm">Fullness</a> <a href="/psalms/16-11.htm">Fulness</a> <a href="/job/21-28.htm">Great</a> <a href="/job/21-5.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/job/21-15.htm">Meet</a> <a href="/job/21-21.htm">Midst</a> <a href="/psalms/25-18.htm">Misery</a> <a href="/job/27-20.htm">Overtake</a> <a href="/job/27-7.htm">Perverse</a> <a href="/job/22-25.htm">Plenty</a> <a href="/job/37-10.htm">Straitened</a> <a href="/psalms/116-3.htm">Straits</a> <a href="/proverbs/11-24.htm">Suffers</a> <a href="/job/36-18.htm">Sufficiency</a> <a href="/job/21-13.htm">Trouble</a> <a href="/job/23-11.htm">Turned</a> <a href="/job/20-26.htm">Wealth</a> <a href="/job/20-29.htm">Wicked</a> <a href="/psalms/10-10.htm">Wretched</a><div class="vheading2">Job 20</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/20-1.htm">Zophar shows the state and portion of the wicked</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/20.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/job/20.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>In the midst of his plenty, he will be distressed;</b><br>This phrase highlights the transient nature of wealth and prosperity. In the biblical context, Job's friends, including Zophar who speaks in this chapter, often equate material wealth with divine favor and suffering with divine punishment. However, this statement challenges that notion by suggesting that even in abundance, one can experience distress. This reflects the broader biblical theme that true security and peace come from God, not material possessions (<a href="/proverbs/11-28.htm">Proverbs 11:28</a>, <a href="/matthew/6-19.htm">Matthew 6:19-21</a>). Historically, the ancient Near East was a region where wealth was often measured in livestock, land, and servants, and losing these could lead to significant distress. This phrase also foreshadows the New Testament teaching that earthly treasures are temporary and can lead to spiritual peril (<a href="/luke/12-15.htm">Luke 12:15-21</a>).<p><b>the full force of misery will come upon him.</b><br>This part of the verse emphasizes the inevitability and completeness of the suffering that will befall the wicked. In the context of Job, Zophar is asserting that those who seem prosperous but are unrighteous will ultimately face divine retribution. This reflects the retributive justice theology common in the wisdom literature of the Old Testament, where actions are believed to have direct consequences (<a href="/psalms/37-35.htm">Psalm 37:35-36</a>, <a href="/proverbs/22-8.htm">Proverbs 22:8</a>). The phrase "full force of misery" suggests an overwhelming and inescapable suffering, which can be seen as a type of the ultimate judgment that is fulfilled in the New Testament (<a href="/revelation/20-11.htm">Revelation 20:11-15</a>). This also points to the eschatological hope that God will ultimately set things right, a theme that runs throughout Scripture and finds its fulfillment in the person and work of Jesus Christ, who offers redemption and relief from ultimate misery (<a href="/john/3-16.htm">John 3:16-17</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/z/zophar_the_naamathite.htm">Zophar the Naamathite</a></b><br>One of Job's three friends who comes to comfort him. Zophar is known for his harsh and direct speeches, often emphasizing God's justice and the consequences of sin.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/job.htm">Job</a></b><br>The central figure of the Book of Job, a man known for his righteousness and suffering. Job's account explores themes of suffering, justice, and faithfulness.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_land_of_uz.htm">The Land of Uz</a></b><br>The setting of the Book of Job, traditionally considered to be in the region of Edom or northern Arabia. It serves as the backdrop for Job's trials and dialogues with his friends.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_dialogue.htm">The Dialogue</a></b><br>The Book of Job is structured around dialogues between Job and his friends, including Zophar, who speaks in this passage. These dialogues explore deep theological and philosophical questions about suffering and divine justice.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_concept_of_divine_justice.htm">The Concept of Divine Justice</a></b><br>A central theme in the Book of Job, where the friends argue that suffering is a result of sin, while Job maintains his innocence.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_illusion_of_security_in_wealth.htm">The Illusion of Security in Wealth</a></b><br>Wealth and abundance can create a false sense of security. True security is found in God alone.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_reality_of_divine_justice.htm">The Reality of Divine Justice</a></b><br>God's justice may not always align with human understanding. Trust in His ultimate wisdom and timing.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_misjudging_others.htm">The Danger of Misjudging Others</a></b><br>Like Zophar, we must be cautious not to assume that others' suffering is due to their sin. Compassion and understanding are crucial.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_spiritual_riches.htm">The Importance of Spiritual Riches</a></b><br>Focus on accumulating spiritual wealth, which is eternal, rather than material wealth, which is temporary.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_suffering_in_spiritual_growth.htm">The Role of Suffering in Spiritual Growth</a></b><br>Suffering can be a tool for spiritual growth and deeper reliance on God, rather than merely a punishment for sin.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_job_20.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Job 20</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_faith_conquer_the_world.htm">What does the Bible teach about enduring pain?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_job_3's_despair_contradict_james_5_11.htm">Does the despair expressed in Job 3 contradict later biblical accounts (e.g., James 5:11) that describe Job as patient and steadfast?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_to_reconcile_psalm_12_5_with_ongoing_suffering.htm">How do we resolve the seeming conflict between Psalm 12:5, where God promises protection for the poor, and other biblical passages where the suffering of the righteous continues unabated?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/2_thess._3_3__why_do_faithful_still_suffer.htm">2 Thessalonians 3:3 - How can believers claim 'the Lord is faithful' if historical evidence suggests countless faithful people still suffer or face calamity?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/job/20.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(22) <span class= "bld">The hand of </span>every one that is in misery shall come upon him: <span class= "ital">i.e., </span>in retaliation, or possibly, but less probably, every blow of a miserable man, which can render a man miserable, shall come upon him.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/job/20.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 22.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits</span>. Even while his wealth and prosperity remain, he shall find himself in difficulties, since every hand of the wicked (or rather, <span class="accented">the hand of every one that is wretched</span>) shall come upon him; <span class="accented">i.e.</span> all those who are poor and miserable, especially such as he has made poor and miserable, shall turn against him, and vex him. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/job/20-22.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">In the midst</span><br /><span class="heb">בִּמְלֹ֣אות</span> <span class="translit">(bim·lō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4390.htm">Strong's 4390: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fill, be full of</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of his plenty,</span><br /><span class="heb">שִׂ֭פְקוֹ</span> <span class="translit">(p̄ə·qōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5607.htm">Strong's 5607: </a> </span><span class="str2">Chastisement, satiety</span><br /><br /><span class="word">he will be distressed;</span><br /><span class="heb">יֵ֣צֶר</span> <span class="translit">(yê·ṣer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3334.htm">Strong's 3334: </a> </span><span class="str2">Be distressed, be narrow, be straitened in straits, be vexed </span><br /><br /><span class="word">the full</span><br /><span class="heb">כָּל־</span> <span class="translit">(kāl-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">force</span><br /><span class="heb">יַ֖ד</span> <span class="translit">(yaḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3027.htm">Strong's 3027: </a> </span><span class="str2">A hand</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of misery</span><br /><span class="heb">עָמֵ֣ל</span> <span class="translit">(‘ā·mêl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6001.htm">Strong's 6001: </a> </span><span class="str2">Toiling, a laborer, sorrowful</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will come upon him.</span><br /><span class="heb">תְּבוֹאֶֽנּוּ׃</span> <span class="translit">(tə·ḇō·w·’en·nū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> </span><span class="str2">To come in, come, go in, go</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/job/20-22.htm">Job 20:22 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/job/20-22.htm">Job 20:22 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/job/20-22.htm">Job 20:22 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/job/20-22.htm">Job 20:22 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/job/20-22.htm">Job 20:22 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/job/20-22.htm">Job 20:22 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/job/20-22.htm">Job 20:22 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/job/20-22.htm">Job 20:22 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/job/20-22.htm">Job 20:22 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/job/20-22.htm">Job 20:22 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/job/20-22.htm">OT Poetry: Job 20:22 In the fullness of his sufficiency distress (Jb) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/job/20-21.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Job 20:21"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Job 20:21" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/job/20-23.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Job 20:23"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Job 20:23" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>