Job 20:23

Almeida Revista e Atualizada

Para encher a sua barriga, Deus mandar sobre ele o furor da sua ira, que, por alimento, mandar chover sobre ele.

Parallel Translations

A Biblia Sagrada
Mesmo estando ele a encher a sua barriga, Deus mandar sobre ele o ardor da sua ira, e a far chover sobre ele quando for comer.

Almeida Revista e Corrigida
Haja, porm, ainda, de que possa encher o seu ventre, e Deus mandar sobre ele o ardor da sua ira e a far chover sobre ele quando for comer.

Bible Verse Review
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he is about: Numbers 11:33, Psalms 78:30, Psalms 78:31, Malachi 2:2, Luke 12:17-20

rain it: Genesis 19:24, Exodus 9:23, Psalms 11:6, Psalms 78:30, Psalms 78:31, Isaiah 21:4

Reciprocal: Joshua 7:24 - his sons 2 Kings 7:20 - General 2 Kings 9:24 - smote Job 21:23 - in his full strength Job 21:25 - never Job 27:20 - a tempest Job 31:23 - destruction Job 40:11 - Cast Psalms 37:9 - evildoers Psalms 73:19 - they are Psalms 78:49 - cast Jeremiah 20:4 - I will make Daniel 4:31 - the word Amos 8:10 - I will turn Nahum 1:2 - is furious

Gill's Notes on the Bible

[When] he is about to fill his belly,.... Either in a literal sense, when he is about to take an ordinary meal to satisfy nature; or in a figurative sense, when he is seeking to increase his worldly riches, and his barns and coffers, and endeavouring to get satisfaction therein:

[God] shall cast the fury of his wrath upon him; or "send it out on him" c; out of the treasures of it, which are laid up with him,

Deuteronomy 32:34; into his conscience, and fill him with a dreadful sense and apprehension of it, and that with great force and violence, and cast it, and pour it on him like fire, or any scalding liquor, which is very terrible and intolerable. This intends the indignation of God against sin, and his just punishment of it, according to the rigour of his justice; sometimes it is only a little wrath and displeasure he shows, he does not stir up all his wrath; but here it is threatened he will cast it, and pour it in great plenty, even "the fury" of it, in the most awful and terrible manner:

and shall rain it upon him while he is eating; signifying, that the wrath of God shall be revealed from heaven against him, from whence rain comes; that it shall fall on him from above, unseen, suddenly, and at an unawares, and come with a force and violence not to be resisted, and in great abundance and profusion. The allusion seems to be to the raining of fire and brimstone on Sodom and Gomorrah, the inhabitants of which were indulging themselves in gratifying the flesh, when that judgment came upon them, Luke 17:28; and so it was with the Israelites, when they sinned against God in the wilderness,

Psalms 78:30; perhaps Zophar may glance at Job's children being slain while they were eating and drinking in their elder brother's house, Job 1:18. Some render it, "upon his food" d; his meat, a curse going along with it, while he is eating it, his table becoming a snare unto him; or upon his wealth and riches, he is endeavouring to fill his belly or satisfy himself with; and others, "upon his flesh", as the Targum; or "into his flesh"; as Broughton, and so many of the Jewish commentators e meaning his body, filling it with diseases, so that there is no soundness in it, but is in pain, and wasting, and consuming; and Job's case may be referred to, his body being full of boils and ulcers.

c ישלח בו "mittet in eum", Pagninus, Montanus, Schmidt; so Mercerus, Piscator. d בלחומו "in cibum illius", Tigurine version. e Aben Ezra, Ben Gersom, Bar Tzemach; "in carne ejus", Pagninus, Montanus; "super carnem ejus", Beza; "in carnem ejus", Drusius, Mercer, Schmidt.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

When he is about to fill his belly - Or rather, “there shall be enough to fill his belly.” But what “kind” of food it should be, is indicated in the following part of the verse. “God” would fill him with the food of his displeasure. It is spoken sarcastically, as of a gormandizer, or a man who lived to enjoy eating, and the meaning is, that he should for once have enough. So Rosenmuller interprets it.

God shall cast the fury - This is the kind of food that he shall have. God shall fill him with the tokens of his wrath - and he shall have enough.

And shall rain it upon him while he is eating - Noyes renders this, “And rain it down upon him for his food.” The meaning is, that God would pour down his wrath like a plentiful shower while he was in the act of eating. In the very midst of his enjoyments God would fill him with the tokens of his displeasure. There can be no doubt that Zophar designed that this should be understood to be applicable to Job. Indeed no one can fail to see that his remarks are made with consummate skill, and that they are such as would be fitted “to cut deep,” as they were doubtless intended to do. The speaker does not, indeed, make a direct application of them, but he so makes his selection of proverbs that there could be no difficulty in perceiving that they were designed to apply to him, who, from such a height of prosperity, had been so suddenly plunged into so deep calamity.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Job 20:23. When he is about to fill his belly — Here seems a plain allusion to the lustings of the children of Israel in the desert. God showered down quails upon them, and showered down his wrath while the flesh was in their mouth. The allusion is too plain to be mistaken; and this gives some countenance to the bishop of Killala's version of the 20th verse, Job 20:20: -

"Because he acknowledged not the quail in his stomach,

In the midst of his delight he shall not escape."

That שלו, which we translate quietness, means a quail, also the history of the Hebrews' lustings, Exodus 16:2-11, and Numbers 11:31-35, sufficiently proves. Let the reader mark all the expressions here, Job 20:20-23, and compare them with Numbers 11:31-35, and he will probably be of opinion that Zophar has that history immediately in view, which speaks of the Hebrews' murmurings for bread and flesh, and the miraculous showers of manna and quails, and the judgments that fell on them for their murmurings. Let us compare a few passages: -

Ver. Job 20:20. He shall not feel quietness — שלו selav, the quail. "He shall not save of that which he desired."

Ver. Job 20:21: There shall none of his meat be left. — Exodus 16:19: "Let no man leave of it till the morning."

Ver. Job 20:22. In the fulness of his sufficiency, he shall be in straits.] Exodus 16:20: "But some of them left of it until the morning, and it bred worms and stank."

Ver. Job 20:23. When he is about to fill his belly, God shall cast the fury of his wrath upon him, and shall rain it upon him while he is eating.] Numbers 11:33: "And while the flesh was yet between their teeth, ere it was chewed, the wrath of the Lord was kindled against the people, and the Lord smote the people with a very great plague." Psalms 78:26-30: "He rained flesh upon them as dust, and feathered fowls like as the sand of the sea: so they did eat and were filled-but, while the meat was in their mouth, the wrath of God came upon them," &c. These show to what Zophar refers.