20 His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty.

Other Translations of Job 21:20

New International Version

20 Let their own eyes see their destruction; let them drink the cup of the wrath of the Almighty.

English Standard Version

20 Let their own eyes see their destruction, and let them drink of the wrath of the Almighty.

The Message

20 They deserve to experience the effects of their evil, feel the full force of God's wrath firsthand.

New King James Version

20 Let his eyes see his destruction, And let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty.

New Living Translation

20 Let them see their destruction with their own eyes. Let them drink deeply of the anger of the Almighty.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Job 21:20

Commentary on Job 21:17-26

(Read Job 21:17-26)

Job had described the prosperity of wicked people; in these verses he opposes this to what his friends had maintained about their certain ruin in this life. He reconciles this to the holiness and justice of God. Even while they prosper thus, they are light and worthless, of no account with God, or with wise men. In the height of their pomp and power, there is but a step between them and ruin. Job refers the difference Providence makes between one wicked man and another, into the wisdom of God. He is Judge of all the earth, and he will do right. So vast is the disproportion between time and eternity, that if hell be the lot of every sinner at last, it makes little difference if one goes singing thither, and another sighing. If one wicked man die in a palace, and another in a dungeon, the worm that dies not, and the fire that is not quenched, will be the same to them. Thus differences in this world are not worth perplexing ourselves about.