Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
God will send His fierce anger on him
And will
King James Version
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.
Holman Bible
God will send His burning anger against him,
raining
International Standard Version
"It will come about that, when he has filled himself to the full, God will vent his burning anger on him; he will pour it out on him and on his body.
A Conservative Version
When he is about to fill his belly, [God] will cast the fierceness of his wrath upon him, and will rain it upon him while he is eating.
American Standard Version
When he is about to fill his belly, God will cast the fierceness of his wrath upon him, And will rain it upon him while he is eating.
Amplified
“When he fills his belly,
God will send His fierce anger on him
And will rain it upon him while he is eating.
Bible in Basic English
God gives him his desire, and sends the heat of his wrath on him, making it come down on him like rain.
Darby Translation
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.
Julia Smith Translation
He will be for filling his belly, he will send upon him the burning of his anger, and will rain upon him in his eating.
King James 2000
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.
Lexham Expanded Bible
{When his stomach fills up}, [God] will send {his burning anger} upon him, and he will let [it] rain down upon him as his food.
Modern King James verseion
It shall happen at the filling of his belly, God shall cast the fury of His wrath on him, and He shall rain on him while he is eating.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
"For though the wicked have never so much to fill his belly, yet God shall send his wrath upon him, and cause his indignation to rain over him:
NET Bible
"While he is filling his belly, God sends his burning anger against him, and rains down his blows upon him.
New Heart English Bible
When he is about to fill his belly, God will cast the fierceness of his wrath on him. It will rain on him while he is eating.
The Emphasized Bible
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.
Webster
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.
World English Bible
When he is about to fill his belly, God will cast the fierceness of his wrath on him. It will rain on him while he is eating.
Youngs Literal Translation
It cometh to pass, at the filling of his belly, He sendeth forth against him The fierceness of His anger, Yea, He raineth on him in his eating.
Interlinear
Male'
Shalach
'aph
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 20:23
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Wicked Person's Joy Is Short, His Pain Long
22
Distress will overtake him in the midst of his plenty. The full force of misery will come upon him.
23
God will send His fierce anger on him
And will
Names
Cross References
Psalm 78:30-31
Before they had satisfied their desire, while their food was in their mouths,
Numbers 11:33
While the meat was still in their mouths, before they had even had a chance to chew it, Jehovah became angry with the people and struck them with a severe plague.
Genesis 19:24
Jehovah made burning sulfur and fire rain out of the sky on Sodom and Gomorrah.
Exodus 9:23
Moses stretched out his staff toward the sky. Then Jehovah sent thunder and hail, and fire ran down to the earth. Jehovah rained hail on the land of Egypt.
Psalm 11:6
He rains down fire and burning sulfur upon wicked people. He makes them drink from a cup filled with scorching wind.
Isaiah 21:4
My innermost being reels, horror overwhelms me. The twilight I longed for has been turned for me into trembling.
Malachi 2:2
You must honor me by your actions. If you will not listen to what I say, and give glory and honor to my name, I will bring a curse on you. I will put a curse on the things you receive for your support. I have already put a curse on you. Your blessings are cursed already because you do not take my command seriously.
Luke 12:17-20
He reasoned to himself, what will I do? I have nowhere to store my fruits?