Job: God Will Punish the Wicked

Job 21:20

In 11 translations

BSB: Let his eyes see his own destruction; let him drink for himself the wrath of the Almighty.
KJV: His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
WEB: Let his own eyes see his destruction. Let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
ASV: Let his own eyes see his destruction, And let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
LSV: His own eyes see his destruction, || And he drinks of the wrath of the Mighty.
YLT: His own eyes see his destruction, And of the wrath of the Mighty he drinketh.
DBY: His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the fury of the Almighty.
DRC: His eyes shall see his own destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
GNV: His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drinke of the wrath of the Almightie.
JPS: Let his own eyes see his destruction, and let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
LXXE: Let his eyes see his own destruction, and let him not be saved by the Lord.

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Written (Ketiv): עֵינוֹ (“own eye his”). Read aloud (Qere): עֵינָ֣יו (“own eyes his”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.

Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)

Leningrad Codex reads עֵינָ֣ו; read aloud (Qere) reads עֵינָ֣יו (“own eyes his”).

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Original-language editions

WLC: יִרְא֣וּ עינו כִּיד֑וֹ וּמֵחֲמַ֖ת שַׁדַּ֣י יִשְׁתֶּֽה׃Read aloud as (qere): עֵינָ֣יו
LXX-Br: Ἴδοισαν οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ αὐτοῦ τὴν ἑαυτοῦ σφαγὴν, ἀπὸ δὲ Κυρίου μὴ διασωθείη.

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Wicked (People)

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Cross-references most cited first

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.
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.
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 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.
Psalms 60:3You have shown Your people hardship; we are staggered from the wine You made us drink.
Job 27:19He lies down wealthy, but will do so no more; when he opens his eyes, all is gone.
Luke 16:23In Hades, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham from afar, with Lazarus by his side.
Jeremiah 25:15–16This 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. And they will drink and stagger and go out of their…
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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