Job 20:21
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Nothing is left for him to consume; thus his prosperity will not endure.”
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“Nothing is left for him to consume; thus his prosperity will not endure.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“There shall none of his meat be left; therefore shall no man look for his goods.”
King James Version · Public Domain“There was nothing left that he devoured not; Therefore his prosperity shall not endure.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“There is not a remnant to his food, Therefore his good doth not stay.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Job 20:21 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 15:29He will no longer be rich; his wealth will not endure. His possessions will not overspread the land.
- Job 18:19He has no offspring or posterity among his people, no survivor where he once lived.
- Isaiah 5:8Woe to you who add house to house and join field to field until no place is left and you live alone in the land.
- Isaiah 5:9I heard the LORD of Hosts declare: “Surely many houses will become desolate, great mansions left unoccupied.
- Jeremiah 17:11Like a partridge hatching eggs it did not lay is the man who makes a fortune unjustly. In the middle of his days his riches will desert him, and in the end he will be the fool.”
- Amos 3:10“For they know not how to do right,” declares the LORD. “They store up violence and destruction in their citadels.”
- Amos 3:11Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: “An enemy will surround the land; he will pull down your strongholds and plunder your citadels.”
- Luke 16:24So he cried out, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue. For I am in agony in this fire.’
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