Job 20:22
New International Version
In the midst of his plenty, distress will overtake him; the full force of misery will come upon him.

New Living Translation
“In the midst of plenty, they will run into trouble and be overcome by misery.

English Standard Version
In the fullness of his sufficiency he will be in distress; the hand of everyone in misery will come against him.

Berean Standard Bible
In the midst of his plenty, he will be distressed; the full force of misery will come upon him.

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

New King James Version
In his self-sufficiency he will be in distress; Every hand of misery will come against him.

New American Standard Bible
“In the fullness of his excess he will be cramped; The hand of everyone who suffers will come against him.

NASB 1995
“In the fullness of his plenty he will be cramped; The hand of everyone who suffers will come against him.

NASB 1977
“In the fulness of his plenty he will be cramped; The hand of everyone who suffers will come against him.

Legacy Standard Bible
In the fullness of his plenty he will be confined; The hand of everyone who is troubled will come against him.

Amplified Bible
“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].

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

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

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
In the measure that he measured he shall be paid, and every hand of the evil will come upon him

Brenton Septuagint Translation
But when he shall seem to be just satisfied, he shall be straitened; and all distress shall come upon him.

Contemporary English Version
Once they have everything, distress and despair will strike them down,

Douay-Rheims Bible
When he shall be filled, he shall be straitened, he shall burn, and every sorrow shall fall upon him.

English Revised 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.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
[Even] with all his wealth the full force of misery comes down on him.

Good News Translation
At the height of their success all the weight of misery will crush them.

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

JPS Tanakh 1917
In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits; The hand of every one that is in misery shall come upon him.

Literal Standard Version
In the fullness of his sufficiency he is constricted. Every perverse hand meets him.

Majority Standard Bible
In the midst of his plenty, he will be distressed; the full force of misery will come upon him.

New American Bible
When he has more than enough, distress shall be his, every sort of trouble shall come upon him.

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

New Revised Standard Version
In full sufficiency they will be in distress; all the force of misery will come upon them.

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's Bible Translation
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 will overtake him. The hand of everyone who is in misery will come on him.

Young's Literal Translation
In the fulness of his sufficiency he is straitened. Every perverse hand doth meet him.

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Context
Zophar: Destruction Awaits the Wicked
21Nothing is left for him to consume; thus his prosperity will not endure. 22In the midst of his plenty, he will be distressed; the full force of misery will come upon him. 23When he has filled his stomach, God will vent His fury upon him, raining it down on him as he eats.…

Cross References
Job 5:5
The hungry consume his harvest, taking it even from the thorns, and the thirsty pant after his wealth.

Job 20:23
When he has filled his stomach, God will vent His fury upon him, raining it down on him as he eats.


Treasury of Scripture

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

the fulness

Job 15:29
He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof upon the earth.

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 an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.

every hand

Job 1:15,17
And the Sabeans fell upon them, and took them away; yea, they have slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee…

Job 16:11
God hath delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the hands of the wicked.

2 Kings 24:2
And the LORD sent against him bands of the Chaldees, and bands of the Syrians, and bands of the Moabites, and bands of the children of Ammon, and sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by his servants the prophets.

wicked.

Job 3:17
There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest.

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Job 20
1. Zophar shows the state and portion of the wicked














(22) The hand of every one that is in misery shall come upon him: i.e., in retaliation, or possibly, but less probably, every blow of a miserable man, which can render a man miserable, shall come upon him.

Verse 22. - In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits. Even while his wealth and prosperity remain, he shall find himself in difficulties, since every hand of the wicked (or rather, the hand of every one that is wretched) shall come upon him; i.e. all those who are poor and miserable, especially such as he has made poor and miserable, shall turn against him, and vex him.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
In the midst
בִּמְלֹ֣אות (bim·lō·wṯ)
Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 4390: To fill, be full of

of his plenty,
שִׂ֭פְקוֹ (p̄ə·qōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 5607: Chastisement, satiety

he will be distressed;
יֵ֣צֶר (yê·ṣer)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3334: Be distressed, be narrow, be straitened in straits, be vexed

the full
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

force
יַ֖ד (yaḏ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 3027: A hand

of misery
עָמֵ֣ל (‘ā·mêl)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6001: Toiling, a laborer, sorrowful

will come upon him.
תְּבוֹאֶֽנּוּ׃ (tə·ḇō·w·’en·nū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular | third person masculine singular
Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go


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