Parallel Verses
NET Bible
"Nothing is left for him to devour; that is why his prosperity does not last.
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.
New Heart English Bible
There was nothing left that he did not devour, therefore his prosperity shall not endure.
The Emphasized Bible
Nothing escaped his devouring greed, - For this cause, shall his prosperity not continue:
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 For he knows no satisfaction in his appetite; he does not let anything he desires escape. 21 "Nothing is left for him to devour; that is why his prosperity does not last. 22 In the fullness of his sufficiency, distress overtakes him. the full force of misery will come upon him.
Phrases
Cross References
Job 15:29
He will not grow rich, and his wealth will not endure, nor will his possessions spread over the land.
Job 18:19
He has neither children nor descendants among his people, no survivor in those places he once stayed.
Jeremiah 17:11
The person who gathers wealth by unjust means is like the partridge that broods over eggs but does not hatch them. Before his life is half over he will lose his ill-gotten gains. At the end of his life it will be clear he was a fool."
Luke 16:24-25
So he called out, 'Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am in anguish in this fire.'