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Zophar: Destruction Awaits the Wicked

Job 20:22

In 11 translations

BSB
In the midst of his plenty, he will be distressed; the full force of misery will come upon him.
KJV
In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand of the wicked shall come upon him.wicked: or, troublesome
WEB
In the fullness of his sufficiency, distress will overtake him. The hand of everyone who is in misery will come on him.
ASV
In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: The hand of every one that is in misery shall come upon him.
LSV
In the fullness of his sufficiency he is constricted. Every perverse hand meets him.
YLT
In the fulness of his sufficiency he is straitened. Every perverse hand doth meet him.
DBY
In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits; every hand of the wretched shall come upon him.
DRC
When he shall be filled, he shall be straitened, he shall burn, and every sorrow shall fall upon him.
GNV
When he shalbe filled with his abundance, he shalbe in paine, and the hand of all the wicked shall assaile him.
JPS
In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits; the hand of every one that is in misery shall come upon him.
LXXE
But when he shall seem to be just satisfied, he shall be straitened; and all distress shall come upon him.

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Original-language editions

WLC
בִּמְלֹ֣אות שִׂ֭פְקוֹ יֵ֣צֶר ל֑וֹ כָּל־יַ֖ד עָמֵ֣ל תְּבוֹאֶֽנּוּ׃
LXX-Br
Ὅταν δὲ δοκῇ ἤδη πεπληρῶσθαι, θλιβήσεται, πᾶσα δὲ ἀνάγκη ἐπʼ αὐτὸν ἐπελεύσεται.

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  • Job 15:29He will no longer be rich; his wealth will not endure. His possessions will not overspread the land.
  • 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.’
  • 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 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 3:17There the wicked cease from raging, and there the weary find rest.
  • 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.
  • Ecclesiastes 2:18–20I hated all for which I had toiled under the sun, because I must leave it to the man who comes after me. And who knows whether that man will be wise or foolish? Yet he will take over all the labor at which I have…
  • 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.
  • Job 18:7His vigorous stride is shortened, and his own schemes trip him up.
  • Job 16:11God has delivered me to unjust men; He has thrown me to the clutches of the wicked.
  • 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

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