Parallel Verses
The Emphasized Bible
Nothing escaped his devouring greed, - For this cause, shall his prosperity not continue:
New American Standard Bible
Therefore
King James Version
There shall none of his meat be left; therefore shall no man look for his goods.
Holman Bible
therefore, his prosperity will not last.
International Standard Version
Because nothing was left for him to devour, therefore his prosperity won't last.
A Conservative Version
There was nothing left that he did not devour, therefore his prosperity shall not endure.
American Standard Version
There was nothing left that he devoured not; Therefore his prosperity shall not endure.
Amplified
“There is nothing left of what he devoured;
Therefore his prosperity does not endure.
Bible in Basic English
He had never enough for his desire; for this cause his well-being will quickly come to an end.
Darby Translation
Nothing escaped his greediness; therefore his prosperity shall not endure.
Julia Smith Translation
Nothing was left to his food; for this his good shall not be stable.
King James 2000
There shall none of his food be left; therefore shall no man look for his goods.
Lexham Expanded Bible
{There is nothing left after he has eaten}; therefore his prosperity will not endure.
Modern King James verseion
None of his food shall be left; therefore his good will not last.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
He devoured so greedily that he left nothing behind; therefore his goods shall not prosper.
NET Bible
"Nothing is left for him to devour; that is why his prosperity does not last.
New Heart English Bible
There was nothing left that he did not devour, therefore his prosperity shall not endure.
Webster
There shall none of his food be left; therefore shall no man look for his goods.
World English Bible
There was nothing left that he didn't devour, therefore his prosperity shall not endure.
Youngs Literal Translation
There is not a remnant to his food, Therefore his good doth not stay.
Topics
Interlinear
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 20:21
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Wicked Person's Joy Is Short, His Pain Long
20 Surely he hath known no peace in his inmost mind, - With his dearest thing, shall he not get away: 21 Nothing escaped his devouring greed, - For this cause, shall his prosperity not continue: 22 When his abundance is gone, he shall be in straits, All the power of distress, shall come upon him.
Phrases
Cross References
Job 15:29
He shall not be rich, nor shall his substance continue, neither shall their shadow stretch along on the earth;
Job 18:19
Let him have neither scion nor seed among his people, neither any survivor in his place of sojourn:
Jeremiah 17:11
As a partridge gathereth eggs she did not lay, So is he that maketh riches but not with justice, - In the midst of his days, shall he leave them, And in his latter end, prove to have been base.
Luke 16:24-25
And, he, calling out, said - Father Abraham! have mercy upon me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue, - because I am in anguish in this flame.