Job 22:20
18 Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
19 The righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn.
Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the fire consumeth.
21 Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee.
22 Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- ‘Surely our foes are destroyed, and fire has consumed their excess.’
- KJV
- Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the fire consumeth.
- WEB
- saying, ‘Surely those who rose up against us are cut off. The fire has consumed their remnant.’
- ASV
- [Saying], Surely they that did rise up against us are cut off, And the remnant of them the fire hath consumed.
- DARBY
- Is not he who rose against us destroyed, and doth not the fire consume his residue?
- BLB
- ‘Surely our adversaries cut off, and fire consumes their excess.’
- ÅB
- Sannelig, våre fiender er tilintetgjort, og ild har fortært deres overflod.
- OTB
- ‘Sannelig er våre motstandere avskåret,
og ild fortærer deres rikdom.’ - B1930
- Sannelig, våre fiender er tilintetgjort, og ild har fortært deres overflod.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Job 1:16
While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The fire of God is fallen from heaven, and hath burned up the sheep, and the servants, and consumed them; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.
Read in contextGenesis 19:24
Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven;
Read in context2 Peter 2:6–7
And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly;
Read in contextJob 20:26
All darkness shall be hid in his secret places: a fire not blown shall consume him; it shall go ill with him that is left in his tabernacle.
Read in contextJob 15:5–6
For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.
Read in contextJob 20:18–19
That which he laboured for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down: according to his substance shall the restitution be, and he shall not rejoice therein.
Read in contextLuke 17:29–30
But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all.
Read in contextLuke 13:1–5
There were present at that season some that told him of the Galilæans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.
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