Job 20:21

21 nothing is left that he did not devour; therefore his well-being will not last.

Job 20:21 Meaning and Commentary

Job 20:21

There shall none of his meat be left
Not in his belly, all shall be cast up; none of his substance left for himself or others; none of his riches for his children or heirs, all being consumed: or this may respect either the profuseness or niggardliness of his living, that he should live in great luxury himself, but take no care of the poor; or else keep so mean a table, that there would be nothing left for the poor, not so much as a few crumbs to fall from it; but the first sense seems best; though some render the words, "there shall be none left for his meat" F2, or his substance; he shall leave no children, have no heirs, all his family shall be cut off, see ( Job 18:19 ) ;

therefore shall no man look for his goods;
for there shall be none to look for them; or rather there shall be none to look for, all being gone: a man in good circumstances of life, his heirs expect to enjoy much at his death, but when he is stripped of all, as Job was, his relations and friends are in no expectation of having anything at his death; and therefore do not think it worth their while to look out, or make an inquiry whether there is anything for them or not, see ( Job 20:28 ) .


FOOTNOTES:

F2 (wlkal dyrv Nya) "non erit superstes haeres qui ejus bonis fruetur"; so some in Mercer. Drusius.

Job 20:21 In-Context

19 "For he crushed and abandoned the poor, seizing houses he did not build,
20 because his appetite would not let him rest, in his greed he let nothing escape;
21 nothing is left that he did not devour; therefore his well-being will not last.
22 With all needs satisfied, he will be in distress; the full force of misery will come over him.
23 "This is what will fill his belly! -[God] will lay on him all his burning anger and make it rain over him, into his insides.
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