Job 20:20
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New International Version (©1984)
"Surely he will have no respite from his craving; he cannot save himself by his treasure.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
"Because he knew no quiet within him, He does not retain anything he desires.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
He will never know peace in his heart. He will never allow anything he desires to escape [his grasp].

King James Bible
Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save of that which he desired.

American King James Version
Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save of that which he desired.

American Standard Version
Because he knew no quietness within him, He shall not save aught of that wherein he delighteth.

Bible in Basic English
There is no peace for him in his wealth, and no salvation for him in those things in which he took delight.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And yet his belly was not filled: and when he hath the things he coveted, he shall not be able to possess them.

Darby Bible Translation
Because he knew no rest in his craving, he shall save nought of what he most desired.

English Revised Version
Because he knew no quietness within him, he shall not save aught of that wherein he delighteth.

Webster's Bible Translation
Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save of that which he desired.

World English Bible
"Because he knew no quietness within him, he shall not save anything of that in which he delights.

Young's Literal Translation
For he hath not known ease in his belly. With his desirable thing he delivereth not himself.

Geneva Study Bible

Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save of that which he desired.

Wesley's Notes

20:20 Belly - He shall have no peace in his mind. Desired - Any part of his desirable things, but shall forfeit and lose them all.

King James Translators' Notes

feel: Heb. know

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

20. Umbreit translates, "His inward parts know no rest" from desires.

his belly-that is, peace inwardly.

not save-literally, "not escape with that which," &c., alluding to Job's having been stripped of his all.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

20:10-22 The miserable condition of the wicked man in this world is fully set forth. The lusts of the flesh are here called the sins of his youth. His hiding it and keeping it under his tongue, denotes concealment of his beloved lust, and delight therein. But He who knows what is in the heart, knows what is under the tongue, and will discover it. The love of the world, and of the wealth of it, also is wickedness, and man sets his heart upon these. Also violence and injustice, these sins bring God's judgments upon nations and families. Observe the punishment of the wicked man for these things. Sin is turned into gall, than which nothing is more bitter; it will prove to him poison; so will all unlawful gains be. In his fulness he shall be in straits, through the anxieties of his own mind. To be led by the sanctifying grace of God to restore what was unjustly gotten, as Zaccheus was, is a great mercy. But to be forced to restore by the horrors of a despairing conscience, as Judas was, has no benefit and comfort attending it.


Ecclesiastes 5:13 There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: riches being hoarded by their owner to his hurt. (NASB ©1995)

Aught Belly Craving Delight Delighteth Delights Delivereth Desirable Desired Desires Ease Escape Feel Greed Nought Peace Quiet Quietness Respite Rest Retain Salvation Save Suffered Surely Wealth Wherein Within


Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save of that which he desired.

Surely Ec 5:13,14 Isa 57:20,21

feel. Heb. know

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