Job 20:22
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“In the midst of his plenty, he will be distressed; the full force of misery will come upon him.”
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“In the midst of his plenty, he will be distressed; the full force of misery will come upon him.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand of the wicked shall come upon him.”
King James Version · Public Domain“In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: The hand of every one that is in misery shall come upon him.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“In the fulness of his sufficiency he is straitened. Every perverse hand doth meet him.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Job 20:22 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Kings 24:2And 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.
- Job 1:15the Sabeans swooped down and took them away. They put the servants to the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you!”
- Job 1:17While 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 3:17There the wicked cease from raging, and there the weary find rest.
- Job 15:29He will no longer be rich; his wealth will not endure. His possessions will not overspread the land.
- Job 16:11God has delivered me to unjust men; He has thrown me to the clutches of the wicked.
- Job 18:7His vigorous stride is shortened, and his own schemes trip him up.
- Psalms 39:5You, 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 2:18I hated all for which I had toiled under the sun, because I must leave it to the man who comes after me.
- Isaiah 10:6I 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.
- Revelation 18:7As 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.’
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