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Selected Verse: Job 21:20 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Job 21:20 |
Strong Concordance |
His eyes [05869] shall see [07200] his destruction [03589], and he shall drink [08354] of the wrath [02534] of the Almighty [07706]. |
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King James |
His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
Another questionable assertion of the friends, that the sinner sees his own and his children's destruction in his lifetime.
drink-- (Psa 11:6; Isa 51:17; Lam 4:21). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
His eyes shall see his destruction - That is, his own eyes shall see his destruction, or the calamities that shall come upon him. That is, "You maintain that, or this is the position which you defend." Job designs to meet this, and to show that it is not always so.
And he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty - Wrath is often represented as a cup which the wicked are compelled to drink. See the notes, Isa 51:17. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| See - He shall be destroyed; as to see death, is to die. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
His eyes shall see his destruction - He shall perceive its approach, and have the double punishment of fearing and feeling; feeling a Thousand deaths in fearing One.
He shall drink of the wrath - The cup of God's wrath, the cup of trembling, etc., is frequently expressed or referred to in the sacred writings, Deu 32:33; Isa 51:17-22; Jer 25:15; Rev 14:8. It appears to be a metaphor taken from those cups of poison which certain criminals were obliged to drink. A cup of the juice of hemlock was the wrath or punishment assigned by the Athenian magistrates to the philosopher Socrates. |
21 Rejoice [07797] and be glad [08055], O daughter [01323] of Edom [0123], that dwellest [03427] in the land [0776] of Uz [05780]; the cup [03563] also shall pass [05674] through unto thee: thou shalt be drunken [07937], and shalt make thyself naked [06168].
17 Awake [05782], awake [05782], stand up [06965], O Jerusalem [03389], which hast drunk [08354] at the hand [03027] of the LORD [03068] the cup [03563] of his fury [02534]; thou hast drunken [08354] the dregs [06907] of the cup [03563] of trembling [08653], and wrung them out [04680].
6 Upon the wicked [07563] he shall rain [04305] snares [06341], fire [0784] and brimstone [01614], and an horrible [02152] tempest [07307]: this shall be the portion [04521] of their cup [03563].
17 Awake [05782], awake [05782], stand up [06965], O Jerusalem [03389], which hast drunk [08354] at the hand [03027] of the LORD [03068] the cup [03563] of his fury [02534]; thou hast drunken [08354] the dregs [06907] of the cup [03563] of trembling [08653], and wrung them out [04680].
8 And [2532] there followed [190] another [243] angel [32], saying [3004], Babylon [897] is fallen [4098], is fallen [4098], that great [3173] city [4172], because [3754] she made [4222] all [3956] nations [1484] drink [4222] of [1537] the wine [3631] of the wrath [2372] of her [846] fornication [4202].
15 For thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068] God [0430] of Israel [03478] unto me; Take [03947] the wine [03196] cup [03563] of this fury [02534] at my hand [03027], and cause all the nations [01471], to whom I send [07971] thee, to drink [08248] it.
17 Awake [05782], awake [05782], stand up [06965], O Jerusalem [03389], which hast drunk [08354] at the hand [03027] of the LORD [03068] the cup [03563] of his fury [02534]; thou hast drunken [08354] the dregs [06907] of the cup [03563] of trembling [08653], and wrung them out [04680].
18 There is none to guide [05095] her among all the sons [01121] whom she hath brought forth [03205]; neither is there any that taketh [02388] her by the hand [03027] of all the sons [01121] that she hath brought up [01431].
19 These two [08147] things are come [07122] unto thee; who shall be sorry [05110] for thee? desolation [07701], and destruction [07667], and the famine [07458], and the sword [02719]: by whom shall I comfort [05162] thee?
20 Thy sons [01121] have fainted [05968], they lie [07901] at the head [07218] of all the streets [02351], as a wild bull [08377] in a net [04364]: they are full [04392] of the fury [02534] of the LORD [03068], the rebuke [01606] of thy God [0430].
21 Therefore hear [08085] now this, thou afflicted [06041], and drunken [07937], but not with wine [03196]:
22 Thus saith [0559] thy Lord [0113] the LORD [03068], and thy God [0430] that pleadeth [07378] the cause of his people [05971], Behold, I have taken out [03947] of thine hand [03027] the cup [03563] of trembling [08653], even the dregs [06907] of the cup [03563] of my fury [02534]; thou shalt no more [03254] drink it again [08354]:
33 Their wine [03196] is the poison [02534] of dragons [08577], and the cruel [0393] venom [07219] of asps [06620].