Job 20:21
Nothing is left for him to consume; thus his prosperity will not endure.
BSB
ASV
There was nothing left that he devoured not; Therefore his prosperity shall not endure.
KJV
There shall none of his meat be left; therefore shall no man look for his goods.
Ver. 21. There shall none of his meat be left. 25. 'His meat' is all that he coveted with wrong desire; but when the hypocrite is struck, 'there is none of his meat left,' in that when he is himself carried to eternal punishments, he is parted from all the good things that he had gotten here. And hence it is yet further added; Therefore shall nought remain from his goods. For if 'aught did remain of his goods,' he would take along with him the things that he had possession of.
“There shall none of his meat be left Margin, “or, be none left for his meat.” Noyes renders it, “Because nothing escaped his greatness.” Prof. Lee, “no surviver shall remain for his provision.” But the meaning, probably, is, nothing shall remain of his food, or it shall all be wasted, or dissipated. Therefore, shall no man look for his goods - Or rather, his goods or his property shall not endure. But a great variety of interpretations has been given to the passage.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
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Jeremiah 17:11Like a partridge hatching eggs it did not lay is the man who makes a fortune unjustly. In the middle of his days his riches will desert him, and in the end he will…
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A faithful man will abound with blessings, but one eager to be rich will not go unpunished.
Making a fortune by a lying tongue is a vanishing mist, a deadly pursuit.
“But your eyes and heart are set on nothing except your own dishonest gain, on shedding innocent blood, on practicing extortion and oppression.”
“Woe to him who builds his palace by unrighteousness, and his upper rooms without justice, who makes his countrymen serve without pay, and fails to pay their wages,
He who is greedy for unjust gain brings trouble on his household, but he who hates bribes will live.
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Job 18:19He has no offspring or posterity among his people, no survivor where he once lived.
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This is what the LORD says: “Enroll this man as childless, a man who will not prosper in his lifetime. None of his descendants will prosper to sit on the throne of David or…
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Job 15:29He will no longer be rich; his wealth will not endure. His possessions will not overspread the land.
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Though he heaps up silver like dust and piles up a wardrobe like clay,
For the sun rises with scorching heat and withers the plant; its flower falls and its beauty is lost. So too, the rich man will fade away in the midst of his pursuits.