Job 22:20

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

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

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BSBPD

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

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

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

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

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

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Job 22:20 — 13 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 19:24Then the LORD rained down sulfur and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah—from the LORD out of the heavens.
  2. Job 1:16While 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!”
  3. Job 4:7Consider now, I plead: Who, being innocent, has ever perished? Or where have the upright been destroyed?
  4. Job 8:3Does God pervert justice? Does the Almighty pervert what is right?
  5. Job 15:5For your iniquity instructs your mouth, and you choose the language of the crafty.
  6. Job 15:30He will not escape from the darkness; the flame will wither his shoots, and the breath of God’s mouth will carry him away.
  7. Job 20:18He must return the fruit of his labor without consuming it; he cannot enjoy the profits of his trading.
  8. Job 20:26Total darkness is reserved for his treasures. A fire unfanned will consume him and devour what is left in his tent.
  9. Job 20:29This is the wicked man’s portion from God, the inheritance God has appointed him.”
  10. Job 21:27Behold, I know your thoughts full well, the schemes by which you would wrong me.
  11. Luke 13:1At that time some of those present told Jesus about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices.
  12. Luke 17:29But on the day Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all.
  13. 2 Peter 2:6if He condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to destruction, reducing them to ashes as an example of what is coming on the ungodly;

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