Hiob 20:20

20 Denn er kannte keine Ruhe in seinem Innern: mit seinem Teuersten wird er nicht entrinnen.

Hiob 20:20 Meaning and Commentary

Job 20:20

Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly
Or happiness in his children, so some in Bar Tzemach; rather shall have no satisfaction in his substance; though his belly is filled with hid treasure, it shall give him no contentment; he shall be a stranger to that divine art, but ever have a restless craving after more, which is his sin; but rather punishment is here meant, and the sense is, that he shall have no quiet in his conscience, no peace of mind, because of his sin in getting riches in an unlawful way:

he shall not save of that which he desired;
of his desirable things, his goods, his wealth, his riches, and even his children, all being gone, and none saved; respect may be had particularly to Job's case, who was stripped of everything, of all his substance and his children.

Hiob 20:20 In-Context

18 Das Errungene gibt er zurück, und er darf es nicht verschlingen; gemäß dem Vermögen, das er erworben, darf er sich nicht freuen.

19 Denn er hat mißhandelt, verlassen die Armen; Häuser hat er an sich gerissen und wird sie nicht ausbauen.

20 Denn er kannte keine Ruhe in seinem Innern: mit seinem Teuersten wird er nicht entrinnen.

21 Nichts entging seiner Freßgier; darum wird sein Wohlstand nicht dauernd sein.

22 In der Fülle seines Überflusses wird er in Bedrängnis sein; die Hand jedes Notleidenden wird über ihn kommen.