Parallel Verses
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.
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.
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 20:23
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Wicked Person's Joy Is Short, His Pain Long
22 In the fulness of his sufficiency he is straitened. Every perverse hand doth meet him. 23 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. 24 He fleeth from an iron weapon, Pass through him doth a bow of brass.
Names
Cross References
Psalm 78:30-31
They have not been estranged from their desire, Yet is their food in their mouth,
Numbers 11:33
The flesh is yet between their teeth -- it is not yet cut off -- and the anger of Jehovah hath burned among the people, and Jehovah smiteth among the people -- a very great smiting;
Genesis 19:24
and Jehovah hath rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from Jehovah, from the heavens;
Exodus 9:23
And Moses stretcheth out his rod towards the heavens, and Jehovah hath given voices and hail, and fire goeth towards the earth, and Jehovah raineth hail on the land of Egypt,
Psalm 11:6
He poureth on the wicked snares, fire, and brimstone, And a horrible wind is the portion of their cup.
Isaiah 21:4
Wandered hath my heart, trembling hath terrified me, The twilight of my desire He hath made a fear to me,
Malachi 2:2
If ye hearken not, and if ye lay it not to heart, To give honour to My name, said Jehovah of Hosts, I have sent against you the curse, And I have cursed your blessings, Yea, I have also cursed it, Because ye are not laying it to heart.
Luke 12:17-20
and he was reasoning within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have not where I shall gather together my fruits?