Job 20:21

Job chapter 20 · verse 21 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

There was nothing left that he devoured not; Therefore his prosperity shall not endure.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

There shall none of his meat be left; therefore shall no man look for his goods.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

There was nothing left that he devoured not; Therefore his prosperity shall not endure.

Context

v.20Because he knew no quietness within him, He shall not save aught of that wherein he delighteth.

v.21This passage

v.22In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: The hand of every one that is in misery shall come upon him.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Luke 16:24

    And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am in anguish in this flame.

  • Jeremiah 17:11

    As the partridge that sitteth on eggs which she hath not laid, so is he that getteth riches, and not by right; in the midst of his days they shall leave him, and at his end he shall be a fool.

  • Job 18:19

    He shall have neither son nor son’s son among his people, Nor any remaining where he sojourned.

  • Job 15:29

    He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, Neither shall their possessions be extended on the earth.