Job 20:10
New International Version
His children must make amends to the poor; his own hands must give back his wealth.

New Living Translation
Their children will beg from the poor, for they must give back their stolen riches.

English Standard Version
His children will seek the favor of the poor, and his hands will give back his wealth.

Berean Standard Bible
His sons will seek the favor of the poor, for his own hands must return his wealth.

King James Bible
His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods.

New King James Version
His children will seek the favor of the poor, And his hands will restore his wealth.

New American Standard Bible
“His sons favor the poor, And his hands give back his wealth.

NASB 1995
“His sons favor the poor, And his hands give back his wealth.

NASB 1977
“His sons favor the poor, And his hands give back his wealth.

Legacy Standard Bible
His sons seek the favor of the poor, And his hands give back his wealth.

Amplified Bible
“His sons favor the poor [and pay his obligations], And his hands give back his [ill-gotten] wealth.

Christian Standard Bible
His children will beg from the poor, for his own hands must give back his wealth.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
His children will beg from the poor, for his own hands must give back his wealth.

American Standard Version
His children shall seek the favor of the poor, And his hands shall give back his wealth.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
His sons will be broken in poverty and his hands he will reach out to his child

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Let his inferiors destroy his children, and let his hands kindle the fire of sorrow.

Contemporary English Version
Their children will have to repay what the parents took from the poor.

Douay-Rheims Bible
His children shall be oppressed with want, and his hands shall render him his sorrow.

English Revised Version
His children shall seek the favour of the poor, and his hands shall give back his wealth.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
His children will have to ask the poor for help. His own hands will have to give back his wealth.

Good News Translation
and their children will make good what they stole from the poor.

International Standard Version
His sons will make amends to the poor; their hands will return his wealth.

JPS Tanakh 1917
His children shall appease the poor, And his hands shall restore his wealth.

Literal Standard Version
His sons oppress the poor, | And his hands give back his wealth.

Majority Standard Bible
His sons will seek the favor of the poor, for his own hands must return his wealth.

New American Bible
His sons will restore to the poor, and his hands will yield up his riches.

NET Bible
His sons must recompense the poor; his own hands must return his wealth.

New Revised Standard Version
Their children will seek the favor of the poor, and their hands will give back their wealth.

New Heart English Bible
His children shall seek the favor of the poor. His hands shall give back his wealth.

Webster's Bible Translation
His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods.

World English Bible
His children will seek the favor of the poor. His hands will give back his wealth.

Young's Literal Translation
His sons do the poor oppress, And his hands give back his wealth.

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Context
Zophar: Destruction Awaits the Wicked
9The eye that saw him will see him no more, and his place will no longer behold him. 10His sons will seek the favor of the poor, for his own hands must return his wealth. 11The youthful vigor that fills his bones will lie down with him in the dust.…

Cross References
Job 4:11
The old lion perishes for lack of prey, and the cubs of the lioness are scattered.

Job 5:4
His sons are far from safety, crushed in court without a defender.

Job 20:15
He swallows wealth but vomits it out; God will force it from his stomach.

Job 20:18
He must return the fruit of his labor without consuming it; he cannot enjoy the profits of his trading.

Job 27:14
Though his sons are many, they are destined for the sword; and his offspring will never have enough food.

Job 27:16
Though he heaps up silver like dust and piles up a wardrobe like clay,

Job 27:17
what he lays up, the righteous will wear, and his silver will be divided by the innocent.


Treasury of Scripture

His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods.

His children, etc.

Proverbs 28:3
A poor man that oppresseth the poor is like a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.

seek

Psalm 109:10
Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg: let them seek their bread also out of their desolate places.

his hands

Job 20:18
That which he laboured for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down: according to his substance shall the restitution be, and he shall not rejoice therein.

Exodus 12:36
And the LORD gave the people favour in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they lent unto them such things as they required. And they spoiled the Egyptians.

Exodus 22:1,3
If a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it; he shall restore five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep…

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(10) His children shall seek to please the poor.--That is, shall seek their favour by making good what had been taken from them, or otherwise; or it may be rendered, the poor shall oppress his children.

Verse 10. - His children shall seek to please the poor. Another rendering is, "The poor shall oppress his children," since the meaning of the verb יְרַצּוּ is doubtful. But the translation of the Authorized Version seems preferable. His children will curry favour with the poor, either by making restitution to them on account of their father's injuries, or simply because they are friendless, and desire to ingratiate themselves with some one. And his hands shall restore their goods (comp. vers. 15 and 18). He himself will be so crushed and broken in spirit that he will give back with his own hands the goods whereof he has deprived the poor. The restitution, i.e., will be made, in many cases, not by the oppressor's children, but by the oppressor himself.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
His sons
בָּ֭נָיו (bā·nāw)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 1121: A son

will seek the favor
יְרַצּ֣וּ (yə·raṣ·ṣū)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 7521: To be pleased with, to satisfy a, debt

of the poor,
דַלִּ֑ים (ḏal·lîm)
Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's 1800: Dangling, weak, thin

for his own hands
וְ֝יָדָ֗יו (wə·yā·ḏāw)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - fdc | third person masculine singular
Strong's 3027: A hand

must return
תָּשֵׁ֥בְנָה (tā·šê·ḇə·nāh)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person feminine plural
Strong's 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, again

his wealth.
אוֹנֽוֹ׃ (’ō·w·nōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 202: Ability, power, wealth


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