Job 20:20

20 "Such God-denying people are never content with what they have or who they are; their greed drives them relentlessly.

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 They spit out their food half-chewed, unable to relax and enjoy anything they've worked for.
19 And why? Because they exploited the poor, took what never belonged to them.
20 "Such God-denying people are never content with what they have or who they are; their greed drives them relentlessly.
21 They plunder everything but they can't hold on to any of it.
22 Just when they think they have it all, disaster strikes; they're served up a plate full of misery.
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