Parallel Verses

Darby Translation

In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits; every hand of the wretched shall come upon him.

New American Standard Bible

“In the fullness of his plenty he will be cramped;
The hand of everyone who suffers will come against him.

King James Version

In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand of the wicked shall come upon him.

Holman Bible

At the height of his success distress will come to him;
the full weight of misery will crush him.

International Standard Version

Even though he is satiated and self-sufficient, he suffers everyone in any sort of trouble will attack him.

A Conservative Version

In the fullness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits. The hand of everyone who is in misery shall come upon him.

American Standard Version

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

Amplified


“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].

Bible in Basic English

Even when his wealth is great, he is full of care, for the hand of everyone who is in trouble is turned against him.

Julia Smith Translation

In the fulness of his abundance it shall be pressed to him: every laboring hand shall come to him.

King James 2000

In the fullness of his sufficiency he shall be in distress: every hand of the wicked shall come upon him.

Lexham Expanded Bible

In the fullness of his excess {he will be in distress}; all of misery's power will come [upon] him.

Modern King James verseion

In the fullness of his plenty he shall be in trouble; every wretched one shall come on him.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Though he had plenteousness of everything, yet was he poor, and therefore he is but a wretch on every side.

NET Bible

In the fullness of his sufficiency, distress overtakes him. the full force of misery will come upon him.

New Heart English Bible

In the fullness of his sufficiency, distress shall overtake him. The hand of everyone who is in misery shall come on him.

The Emphasized Bible

When his abundance is gone, he shall be in straits, All the power of distress, shall come upon him.

Webster

In the fullness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand of the wicked shall come upon him.

World English Bible

In the fullness of his sufficiency, distress shall overtake him. The hand of everyone who is in misery shall come on him.

Youngs Literal Translation

In the fulness of his sufficiency he is straitened. Every perverse hand doth meet him.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
In the fulness
מלא מלא 
Male' 
Usage: 251

שׂפק ספק 
Cepheq 
Usage: 2

he shall be in straits
יצר 
Yatsar 
Usage: 8

יד 
Yad 
Usage: 1612

of the wicked
עמל 
`amel 
Usage: 9


come, bring, ... in, enter, go, carry, ...down, pass, ...out,
Usage: 0

Context Readings

A Wicked Person's Joy Is Short, His Pain Long

21 Nothing escaped his greediness; therefore his prosperity shall not endure. 22 In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits; every hand of the wretched shall come upon him. 23 It shall be that, to fill his belly, he will cast his fierce anger upon him, and will rain it upon him into his flesh.

Cross References

2 Kings 24:2

And Jehovah sent against him the bands of the Chaldeans, and the bands of the Syrians, and the bands of the Moabites, and the bands of the children of Ammon, and sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of Jehovah, which he spoke through his servants the prophets.

Job 1:15

and they of Sheba fell upon them and took them, and the servants have they smitten with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped, alone, to tell thee.

Job 1:17

While he was yet speaking, there came another and said, The Chaldeans made three bands, and fell upon the camels and took them, and the servants have they smitten with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped, alone, to tell thee.

Job 3:17

There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the wearied are at rest.

Job 15:29

He shall not become rich, neither shall his substance continue, and their possessions shall not extend upon the earth.

Job 16:11

God hath delivered me over to the iniquitous man, and hurled me into the hands of the wicked.

Job 18:7

The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down.

Psalm 39:5

Behold, thou hast made my days as hand-breadths, and my lifetime is as nothing before thee; verily, every man, even the high placed, is altogether vanity. Selah.

Ecclesiastes 2:18-20

And I hated all my labour wherewith I had been toiling under the sun, because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me.

Isaiah 10:6

I will send him against a hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge; to take the spoil, and to seize the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.

Revelation 18:7

So much as she has glorified herself and lived luxuriously, so much torment and grief give to her. Because she says in her heart, I sit a queen, and I am not a widow; and I shall in no wise see grief:

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