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Job 20:22
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"In the midst of plenty, they will run into trouble and be overcome by misery.
In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: the hand of every one that is in misery shall come upon him.
In the fullness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: The hand of every one that is in misery shall come on him.
When they still have plenty, trouble will catch up to them, and great misery will come down on them.
In the fullness of his sufficiency, distress overtakes him. the full force of misery will come upon him.
In the fullness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand of the wicked shall come upon him.
In the fullness of his sufficiency, distress shall overtake him: The hand of everyone who is in misery shall come on him.
"In the fullness of his excess (great abundance) he will be in trouble; The hand of everyone who suffers will come against him [he is miserable on every side].
In the fullness of his sufficiency he will be in distress; the hand of everyone in misery will come against him.
Whanne he is fillid, he schal be maad streit; he schal `be hoot, and alle sorewe schal falle in on hym.
In the midst of his plenty, he will be distressed; the full force of misery will come upon him.
Once they have everything, distress and despair will strike them down,
In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: The hand of every one that is in misery shall come upon him.
Even when his wealth is great, he is full of care, for the hand of everyone who is in trouble is turned against him.
With all needs satisfied, he will be in distress; the full force of misery will come over him.
In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits; every hand of the wretched shall come upon him.
Even while he has plenty, he will be pressed down with trouble. His problems will come down on him!
In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits; the hand of every one that is in misery shall come upon him.
In the fulnesse of his sufficiencie, he shalbe in straites: euery hand of the wicked shall come vpon him.
Even when he has many riches, he will have trouble. Everyone who suffers will come against him.
In full sufficiency they will be in distress; all the force of misery will come upon them.
When he shalbe filled with his abundance, he shalbe in paine, and the hand of all the wicked shall assaile him.
With the measure with which he had measured, he shall be recompensed; the hand of the wicked shall come upon him.
At the height of their success all the weight of misery will crush them.
When his abundance is gone, he shall be in straits, All the power of distress, shall come upon him.
When he shall be filled, he shall be straitened, he shall burn, and every sorrow shall fall upon him.
In the fulness of his sufficiency he will be in straits; all the force of misery will come upon him.
When he had plenteousnesse of euery thing, yet was he poore, though he was helped on euery side.
But when he shall seem to be just satisfied, he shall be straitened; and all distress shall come upon him.
At the height of his success distress will come to him;the full weight of misery will crush him.
In the fullness of his sufficiency, distress shall overtake him: The hand of everyone who is in misery shall come on him.
In the fullness of his excess he will be in distress; all of misery's power will come upon him.
In the fullness of his scorn, it is strait for him; the hand of every wretched one shall come upon him.
In the fulness of his sufficiency he is straitened. Every perverse hand doth meet him.
Though he had plenteousnesse of euerythinge, yet was he poore, & therfore he is but a wretch on euery syde.
"In the fullness of his excess he will be cramped; The hand of everyone who suffers will come against him.
In his self-sufficiency he will be in distress; Every hand of misery will come against him.
"In the fullness of his plenty he will be cramped; The hand of everyone who suffers will come against him.
In the fullness of his plenty he will be confined;The hand of everyone who is troubled will come against him.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
the fulness: Job 15:29, Job 18:7, Psalms 39:5, Ecclesiastes 2:18-20, Revelation 18:7
every hand: Job 1:15, Job 1:17, Job 16:11, 2 Kings 24:2, Isaiah 10:6
wicked: or, troublesome, Job 3:17
Reciprocal: Job 15:21 - in prosperity Job 21:23 - in his full strength Job 33:6 - I am Haggai 1:6 - eat
Gill's Notes on the Bible
In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits,.... For though he may not only have a sufficient competency to live upon, but even a fulness of temporal blessings, have as much as heart can wish, or more, even good things, and plenty of them laid up for many years; yet amidst it all shall be reduced to the utmost straits and difficulties, either through fear of losing what he has, insomuch that his abundance will not suffer him to sleep in the night, nor to enjoy an hour's pleasure in the day; or being so narrow spirited, notwithstanding his fulness, that he cannot allow himself to eat of the fruit of his labours, and rejoice therein; or fearing, notwithstanding all his plenty, that he shall come to want and poverty; or rather while he is in the most flourishing circumstances, and in the height of his prosperity, he is suddenly, as Nebuchadnezzar was, dispossessed of all, and reduced to the utmost extremity, Daniel 4:31; the Targum is,
"when his measure is filled, he shall take vengeance on him:''
every hand of the wicked shall come upon him: or of the labourer, as the Targum, the hire of whose labour he has detained, or has taken away from him that which he laboured for; and so Broughton,
"the hand of the injured or grieved;''
such as he had been injurious to, and had grieved by his oppressions of them; or rather every troublesome wicked man, the hand of every thief or robber; respect seems to be had to the hand of the Sabeans and Chaldeans, that had been on Job and his substance.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
In the fulness of his sufficiency - When he seems to have an abundance.
He shall be in straits - Either by the dread of calamity, or because calamity shall come suddenly upon him, and his property shall be swept away. When everything seemed to be abundant he should be reduced to want.
Every hand of the wicked shall come upon him - Margin, “or, troublesome” The meaning is, that all that the wretched or miserable endure should come suddenly upon him. Rosenmuller suggests, however, that it means that all the poor, and all who had been oppressed and robbed by him, would suddenly come upon him to recover their own property, and would scatter all that he had. The general meaning is clear, that he would be involved in misery from every quarter, or on every hand.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Job 20:22. 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. Coverdale translates: Though he had plenteousnesse of every thinge, yet was he poore; and, therefore, he is but a wretch on every syde.
