Job 21:20

20 Let their own eyes see their destruction; let them drink the cup of the wrath of the Almighty.

Job 21:20 in Other Translations

20 His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty.

20 Let their own eyes see their destruction, and let them drink of the wrath of the Almighty.

20 Let them see their destruction with their own eyes. Let them drink deeply of the anger of the Almighty.

20 They deserve to experience the effects of their evil, feel the full force of God's wrath firsthand.

20 Let his own eyes see his destruction, And let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty.

20 His eyes should see his own ruin. He should drink from the wrath of the Almighty.

20 Let his own eyes see his demise; let him drink from the Almighty's wrath!

20 Let his own eyes see how he is destroyed. Let him drink the wine of the Mighty One's anger.

Job 21:20 Meaning and Commentary

Job 21:20

His eyes shall see his destruction
Or "should see his destruction" ^F2; calamities coming upon himself and upon his children; or otherwise it will not affect him: but when a man has a personal experience of affliction as punishments of his sin, or with his own eyes sees his children in distressed circumstances on his account, this must sensibly affect him, and be a sore punishment to him; as it was to Zedekiah to have his children slain before his eyes, ( Jeremiah 52:10 ) ;

and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty;
or "he should drink"

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FOOTNOTES:

F3 of it now, according to the principles of Job's friends, even he in person, and not his posterity only; the wrath of God is on account of sin, and dreadful to bear: if the wrath of a temporal king is as the roaring of a lion, what must be the wrath of the Almighty God, the King of kings, and Lord of lords? this is frequently in Scripture compared to a cup, and is called a cup of trembling, of wrath and fury: and of which all the wicked of the earth shall drink sooner or later, ( Psalms 75:8 ) ; but this they should do now, according to the notions of Job's friends, whereas they do not; waters of a full cup, though not in wrath indeed, are wrung out to the people of God, and, as they apprehend, in wrath, when the wicked drink wine in bowls, and the cup of their prosperity overflows.

F2 (wyrk wnye wary) "videret ejus oculi exitium suum", Beza, Cocceius.
F3 (htvy) "biberet", Beza, Cocceius.

Job 21:20 In-Context

18 How often are they like straw before the wind, like chaff swept away by a gale?

19 It is said, ‘God stores up the punishment of the wicked for their children.’ Let him repay the wicked, so that they themselves will experience it!

20 Let their own eyes see their destruction; let them drink the cup of the wrath of the Almighty.

21 For what do they care about the families they leave behind when their allotted months come to an end?

22 “Can anyone teach knowledge to God, since he judges even the highest?

Cross References

• 1. S Exodus 32:33; Numbers 16:22; S 2 Kings 14:6; Jeremiah 42:16
• 2. Job 6:4; Psalms 75:8; Isaiah 51:17
• 3. S Job 20:28; Jeremiah 25:15; Revelation 14:10