Job 21:20
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Let his eyes see his own destruction; let him drink for himself the wrath of the Almighty.”
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“Let his eyes see his own destruction; let him drink for himself the wrath of the Almighty.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Let his own eyes see his destruction, And let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“His own eyes see his destruction, And of the wrath of the Mighty he drinketh.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Job 21:20 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 27:19He lies down wealthy, but will do so no more; when he opens his eyes, all is gone.
- Psalms 60:3You have shown Your people hardship; we are staggered from the wine You made us drink.
- Psalms 75:8For a cup is in the hand of the LORD, full of foaming wine mixed with spices. He pours from His cup, and all the wicked of the earth drink it down to the dregs.
- Psalms 75:9But I will proclaim Him forever; I will sing praise to the God of Jacob.
- Isaiah 51:17Awake, awake! Rise up, O Jerusalem, you who have drunk from the hand of the LORD the cup of His fury; you who have drained the goblet to the dregs— the cup that makes men stagger.
- Jeremiah 25:15This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, said to me: “Take from My hand this cup of the wine of wrath, and make all the nations to whom I send you drink from it.
- Jeremiah 51:7Babylon was a gold cup in the hand of the LORD, making the whole earth drunk. The nations drank her wine; therefore the nations have gone mad.
- Luke 16:23In Hades, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham from afar, with Lazarus by his side.
- Revelation 14:10he too will drink the wine of God’s anger, poured undiluted into the cup of His wrath. And he will be tormented in fire and sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and of the Lamb.
- Revelation 19:15And from His mouth proceeds a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations, and He will rule them with an iron scepter. He treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty.
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