Job 20:22
In the midst of his plenty, he will be distressed; the full force of misery will come upon him.
BSB
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.
KJV
In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand of the wicked shall come upon him.
In the fullness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits - This is a fine saying, and few of the menders of Job’s text have been able to improve the version. It is literally true of every great, rich, wicked man; he has no God, and anxieties and perplexities torment him, notwithstanding he has his portion in this life. Every hand of the wicked shall come upon him - All kinds of misery shall be his portion.
In the fulness of his sufficiency, when he thinks himself most happy, and most sure of the continuance of his happiness, he shall be in straits, that is, he shall think himself so, through the anxieties and perplexities of his own mind, as that rich man who, when his ground brought forth plentifully, cried out, What shall I do?
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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…
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You said, ‘I will be queen forever.’ You did not take these things to heart or consider their outcome.
This carefree city that dwells securely, that thinks to herself: “I am it, and there is none besides me,” what a ruin she has become, a resting place for beasts. Everyone who passes by…
“Son of man, tell the ruler of Tyre that this is what the Lord GOD says: Your heart is proud, and you have said, ‘I am a god; I sit in the seat of…
How lonely lies the city, once so full of people! She who was great among the nations has become a widow. The princess of the provinces has become a slave.
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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,
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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!”
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The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. And the sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.
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Job 16:11God has delivered me to unjust men; He has thrown me to the clutches of the wicked.
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Do not hand me over to the will of my foes, for false witnesses rise up against me, breathing out violence.
You have not delivered me to the enemy; You have set my feet in the open.