Job 20:20

20 Son avidité n'a point connu de bornes; Mais il ne sauvera pas ce qu'il avait de plus cher.

Job 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.

Job 20:20 In-Context

18 Il rendra ce qu'il a gagné, et n'en profitera plus; Il restituera tout ce qu'il a pris, et n'en jouira plus.
19 Car il a opprimé, délaissé les pauvres, Il a ruiné des maisons et ne les a pas rétablies.
20 Son avidité n'a point connu de bornes; Mais il ne sauvera pas ce qu'il avait de plus cher.
21 Rien n'échappait à sa voracité; Mais son bien-être ne durera pas.
22 Au milieu de l'abondance il sera dans la détresse; La main de tous les misérables se lèvera sur lui.
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