Parallel Verses
The Emphasized Bible
When his abundance is gone, he shall be in straits, All the power of distress, shall come upon him.
New American Standard Bible
The
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
the full weight of misery
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.
Darby Translation
In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits; every hand of the wretched shall come upon 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.
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
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 20:22
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Wicked Person's Joy Is Short, His Pain Long
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. 23 It shall be that, to fill his belly, he will thrust at him the glow of his anger, and rain it upon him for his punishment.
Names
Cross References
2 Kings 24:2
And Yahweh sent against him troops of Chaldeans, and troops of Syrians, and troops of Moabites, and troops of the sons of Ammon, yea he sent them against Judah, to destroy him, - according to the word of Yahweh, which he spake through his servants the prophets.
Job 1:15
when the Sabeans swooped down, and took them, and, the young men, smote they with the edge of the sword, - and escaped am, only I alone, too tell thee.
Job 1:17
Yet was this one speaking, when, another, came in and said, The Chaldeans, appointed three chiefs, and spread out against the camels, and took them, and, the young men, smote they with the edge of the sword; and escaped am, only I alone, to tell thee.
Job 3:17
There, the lawless, cease from raging, and there the toil-worn are at rest:
Job 15:29
He shall not be rich, nor shall his substance continue, neither shall their shadow stretch along on the earth;
Job 16:11
GOD doth abandon me to him that is perverse, and, into the hands of the lawless, he throweth me headlong.
Job 18:7
The steppings of his strength are hemmed in, and his own counsel casteth him down;
Psalm 39:5
Lo! as hand-breadths, hast thou granted my days, and my life-time, is as nothing before thee, - Surely, a mere breath, are all men, even such as stand firm. Selah.
Ecclesiastes 2:18-20
Therefore hated, I, all my toil, wherein I was toiling, under the sun, - in that I should leave it for the man who should come after me;
Isaiah 10:6
Against an irreligious nation, will I send him, Yea against the people with whom I am wroth, will I command him, - To capture spoil And lay hold on prey, And cause them to be trodden down as the mire of the lanes.
Revelation 18:7
As much as she glorified herself, and waxed wanton, so much give, unto her, torment and grief: - because, in her heart, she saith - I sit a Queen, and, widow, am I not, and, grief, in nowise shall I see!