Job 20:22
New International Version
In the midst of his plenty, distress will overtake him; the full force of misery will come upon him.

New Living Translation
“In the midst of plenty, they will run into trouble and be overcome by misery.

English Standard Version
In the fullness of his sufficiency he will be in distress; the hand of everyone in misery will come against him.

Berean Standard Bible
In the midst of his plenty, he will be distressed; the full force of misery will come upon him.

King James Bible
In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand of the wicked shall come upon him.

New King James Version
In his self-sufficiency he will be in distress; Every hand of misery will come against him.

New American Standard Bible
“In the fullness of his excess he will be cramped; The hand of everyone who suffers will come against him.

NASB 1995
“In the fullness of his plenty he will be cramped; The hand of everyone who suffers will come against him.

NASB 1977
“In the fulness of his plenty he will be cramped; The hand of everyone who suffers will come against him.

Legacy Standard Bible
In the fullness of his plenty he will be confined; The hand of everyone who is troubled will come against him.

Amplified Bible
“In the fullness of his excess (great abundance) he will be in trouble; The hand of everyone who suffers will come against him [he is miserable on every side].

Christian Standard Bible
At the height of his success distress will come to him; the full weight of misery will crush him.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
At the height of his success distress will come to him; the full weight of misery will crush him.

American Standard Version
In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: The hand of every one that is in misery shall come upon him.

Contemporary English Version
Once they have everything, distress and despair will strike them down,

English Revised Version
In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: the hand of every one that is in misery shall come upon him.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
[Even] with all his wealth the full force of misery comes down on him.

Good News Translation
At the height of their success all the weight of misery will crush them.

International Standard Version
Even though he is satiated and self-sufficient, he suffers— everyone in any sort of trouble will attack him.

Majority Standard Bible
In the midst of his plenty, he will be distressed; the full force of misery will come upon him.

NET Bible
In the fullness of his sufficiency, distress overtakes him. the full force of misery will come upon him.

New Heart English Bible
In the fullness of his sufficiency, distress shall overtake him. The hand of everyone who is in misery shall come on him.

Webster's Bible Translation
In the fullness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand of the wicked shall come upon him.

World English Bible
In the fullness of his sufficiency, distress will overtake him. The hand of everyone who is in misery will come on him.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
In the fullness of his sufficiency he is constricted. Every perverse hand meets him.

Young's Literal Translation
In the fulness of his sufficiency he is straitened. Every perverse hand doth meet him.

Smith's Literal Translation
In the fulness of his abundance it shall be pressed to him: every laboring hand shall come to him.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
When he shall be filled, he shall be straitened, he shall burn, and every sorrow shall fall upon him.

Catholic Public Domain Version
When he will be satisfied, he will be constrained; he will seethe, and all anguish will fall upon him.

New American Bible
When he has more than enough, distress shall be his, every sort of trouble shall come upon him.

New Revised Standard Version
In full sufficiency they will be in distress; all the force of misery will come upon them.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
With the measure with which he had measured, he shall be recompensed; the hand of the wicked shall come upon him.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
In the measure that he measured he shall be paid, and every hand of the evil will come upon him
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits; The hand of every one that is in misery shall come upon him.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
But when he shall seem to be just satisfied, he shall be straitened; and all distress shall come upon him.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Zophar: Destruction Awaits the Wicked
21Nothing is left for him to consume; thus his prosperity will not endure. 22In the midst of his plenty, he will be distressed; the full force of misery will come upon him. 23When he has filled his stomach, God will vent His fury upon him, raining it down on him as he eats.…

Cross References
Proverbs 1:27-28
when your dread comes like a storm, and your destruction like a whirlwind, when distress and anguish overwhelm you. / Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; they will earnestly seek me, but will not find me.

Psalm 73:19
How suddenly they are laid waste, completely swept away by terrors!

Luke 12:20
But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be required of you. Then who will own what you have accumulated?’

Proverbs 11:4
Riches are worthless in the day of wrath, but righteousness brings deliverance from death.

Isaiah 47:11
But disaster will come upon you; you will not know how to charm it away. A calamity will befall you that you will be unable to ward off. Devastation will happen to you suddenly and unexpectedly.

1 Thessalonians 5:3
While people are saying, “Peace and security,” destruction will come upon them suddenly, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.

Matthew 24:37-39
As it was in the days of Noah, so will it be at the coming of the Son of Man. / For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark. / And they were oblivious until the flood came and swept them all away. So will it be at the coming of the Son of Man.

Ezekiel 7:19
They will throw their silver into the streets, and their gold will seem unclean. Their silver and gold cannot save them in the day of the wrath of the LORD. They cannot satisfy their appetites or fill their stomachs with wealth, for it became the stumbling block that brought their iniquity.

James 5:1-3
Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail over the misery to come upon you. / Your riches have rotted and moths have eaten your clothes. / Your gold and silver are corroded. Their corrosion will testify against you and consume your flesh like fire. You have hoarded treasure in the last days.

Proverbs 13:7
One pretends to be rich, but has nothing; another pretends to be poor, yet has great wealth.

Revelation 18:7-8
As much as she has glorified herself and lived in luxury, give her the same measure of torment and grief. In her heart she says, ‘I sit as queen; I am not a widow and will never see grief.’ / Therefore her plagues will come in one day—death and grief and famine—and she will be consumed by fire, for mighty is the Lord God who judges her.”

Psalm 37:35-36
I have seen a wicked, ruthless man flourishing like a well-rooted native tree, / yet he passed away and was no more; though I searched, he could not be found.

1 Timothy 6:9-10
Those who want to be rich, however, fall into temptation and become ensnared by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction. / For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. By craving it, some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows.

Isaiah 30:13
this iniquity of yours is like a breach about to fail, a bulge in a high wall, whose collapse will come suddenly—in an instant!

Luke 16:19-25
Now there was a rich man dressed in purple and fine linen, who lived each day in joyous splendor. / And a beggar named Lazarus lay at his gate, covered with sores / and longing to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man’s table. Even the dogs came and licked his sores. ...


Treasury of Scripture

In the fullness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand of the wicked shall come on him.

the fulness

Job 15:29
He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof upon the earth.

Job 18:7
The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down.

Psalm 39:5
Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.

every hand

Job 1:15,17
And the Sabeans fell upon them, and took them away; yea, they have slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee…

Job 16:11
God hath delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the hands of the wicked.

2 Kings 24:2
And the LORD sent against him bands of the Chaldees, and bands of the Syrians, and bands of the Moabites, and bands of the children of Ammon, and sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by his servants the prophets.

wicked.

Job 3:17
There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest.

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In the midst of his plenty
This phrase highlights the temporal and fleeting nature of material wealth and abundance. The Hebrew word for "plenty" here is "שָׂבַע" (sava), which conveys a sense of fullness or satisfaction. In the context of Job, this serves as a reminder that earthly riches and prosperity are not permanent and can be taken away at any moment. Historically, this reflects the ancient Near Eastern understanding of wealth as a blessing from God, but also as something that could be easily lost due to divine judgment or personal folly.

he will be distressed
The Hebrew word for "distressed" is "יָצַר" (yatsar), which can mean to be pressed or constrained. This suggests a situation where the individual, despite having abundance, experiences internal or external pressure that causes anxiety or trouble. This reflects the biblical theme that true peace and security come not from material wealth but from a right relationship with God. The distress mentioned here serves as a divine warning or consequence for those who place their trust in riches rather than in God.

the full force of misery
The phrase "full force" in Hebrew is "יָד" (yad), which literally means "hand" but is often used metaphorically to denote power or strength. "Misery" is translated from "מִסְכֵּן" (misken), indicating poverty or affliction. Together, these words paint a vivid picture of overwhelming suffering or hardship. This serves as a sobering reminder of the potential consequences of living a life focused on self-indulgence and neglecting spiritual responsibilities. It underscores the biblical principle that those who sow in selfishness will reap in sorrow.

will come upon him
The Hebrew verb "בּוֹא" (bo) means "to come" or "to arrive." This indicates the inevitability of the consequences that follow a life of misplaced priorities. The use of this verb suggests that the arrival of misery is not a random occurrence but a direct result of one's actions and choices. In the broader scriptural context, this aligns with the principle of divine justice, where God allows individuals to experience the repercussions of their actions as a means of correction and potential restoration. This serves as a call to repentance and a return to a life centered on God.

(22) The hand of every one that is in misery shall come upon him: i.e., in retaliation, or possibly, but less probably, every blow of a miserable man, which can render a man miserable, shall come upon him.

Verse 22. - In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits. Even while his wealth and prosperity remain, he shall find himself in difficulties, since every hand of the wicked (or rather, the hand of every one that is wretched) shall come upon him; i.e. all those who are poor and miserable, especially such as he has made poor and miserable, shall turn against him, and vex him.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
In the midst
בִּמְלֹ֣אות (bim·lō·wṯ)
Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 4390: To fill, be full of

of his plenty,
שִׂ֭פְקוֹ (p̄ə·qōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 5607: Chastisement, satiety

he will be distressed;
יֵ֣צֶר (yê·ṣer)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3334: Be distressed, be narrow, be straitened in straits, be vexed

the full
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

force
יַ֖ד (yaḏ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 3027: A hand

of misery
עָמֵ֣ל (‘ā·mêl)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6001: Toiling, a laborer, sorrowful

will come upon him.
תְּבוֹאֶֽנּוּ׃ (tə·ḇō·w·’en·nū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular | third person masculine singular
Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go


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