Bible Strands
Job 20:22
In the midst of his plenty, he will be distressed; the full force of misery will come upon him.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Zophar addresses Job and the assembled council during his second speech, describing the sudden collapse of the wicked.
The words — מְלֹאֹת (m.Lot) means fullness or sufficiency, and יֵצַר (Ye.tzar) denotes distress or trouble. The text literally states that distress arrives while his sufficiency is full.
The thread — This pattern of ruin striking at peak prosperity runs through Job 15:29, where wealth will not endure, and Revelation 18:7, where measured grief meets lived luxury.
Why it lands — The text asserts that material abundance provides no immunity from judgment, demanding the reader acknowledge that security is never guaranteed by wealth.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand of the wicked shall come upon him.
Cross-references
- Job 15:29 He will no longer be rich; his wealth will not endure. His possessions will not overspread the land.
- Revelation 18:7 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.’
- 2 Kings 24:2 And the LORD sent Chaldean, Aramean, Moabite, and Ammonite raiders against Jehoiakim in order to destroy Judah, according to the word that the LORD had spoken through His servants the prophets.
- Job 1:15 the Sabeans swooped down and took them away. They put the servants to the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you!”
- Job 1:17 While he was still speaking, another messenger came and reported: “The Chaldeans formed three bands, raided the camels, and took them away. They put the servants to the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you!”
- Job 3:17 There the wicked cease from raging, and there the weary find rest.
- Job 16:11 God has delivered me to unjust men; He has thrown me to the clutches of the wicked.
- Job 18:7 His vigorous stride is shortened, and his own schemes trip him up.
- Psalms 39:5 You, indeed, have made my days as handbreadths, and my lifetime as nothing before You. Truly each man at his best exists as but a breath. Selah
- Ecclesiastes 2:18 I hated all for which I had toiled under the sun, because I must leave it to the man who comes after me.