Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
{When his stomach fills up}, [God] will send {his burning anger} upon him, and he will let [it] rain down upon him as his food.
New American Standard Bible
God will send His fierce anger on him
And will
King James Version
When he is about to fill his belly, God shall cast the fury of his wrath upon him, and shall rain it upon him while he is eating.
Holman Bible
God will send His burning anger against him,
raining
International Standard Version
"It will come about that, when he has filled himself to the full, God will vent his burning anger on him; he will pour it out on him and on his body.
A Conservative Version
When he is about to fill his belly, [God] will cast the fierceness of his wrath upon him, and will rain it upon him while he is eating.
American Standard Version
When he is about to fill his belly, God will cast the fierceness of his wrath upon him, And will rain it upon him while he is eating.
Amplified
“When he fills his belly,
God will send His fierce anger on him
And will rain it upon him while he is eating.
Bible in Basic English
God gives him his desire, and sends the heat of his wrath on him, making it come down on him like rain.
Darby Translation
It shall be that, to fill his belly, he will cast his fierce anger upon him, and will rain it upon him into his flesh.
Julia Smith Translation
He will be for filling his belly, he will send upon him the burning of his anger, and will rain upon him in his eating.
King James 2000
When he is about to fill his belly, God shall cast the fury of his wrath upon him, and shall rain it upon him while he is eating.
Modern King James verseion
It shall happen at the filling of his belly, God shall cast the fury of His wrath on him, and He shall rain on him while he is eating.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
"For though the wicked have never so much to fill his belly, yet God shall send his wrath upon him, and cause his indignation to rain over him:
NET Bible
"While he is filling his belly, God sends his burning anger against him, and rains down his blows upon him.
New Heart English Bible
When he is about to fill his belly, God will cast the fierceness of his wrath on him. It will rain on him while he is eating.
The Emphasized Bible
It shall be that, to fill his belly, he will thrust at him the glow of his anger, and rain it upon him for his punishment.
Webster
When he is about to fill his belly, God shall cast the fury of his wrath upon him, and shall rain it upon him while he is eating.
World English Bible
When he is about to fill his belly, God will cast the fierceness of his wrath on him. It will rain on him while he is eating.
Youngs Literal Translation
It cometh to pass, at the filling of his belly, He sendeth forth against him The fierceness of His anger, Yea, He raineth on him in his eating.
Interlinear
Male'
Shalach
'aph
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 20:23
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Wicked Person's Joy Is Short, His Pain Long
22 In the fullness of his excess {he will be in distress}; all of misery's power will come [upon] him. 23 {When his stomach fills up}, [God] will send {his burning anger} upon him, and he will let [it] rain down upon him as his food. 24 "He will flee from an iron weapon, [but] an arrow of bronze will pierce him.
Names
Cross References
Psalm 78:30-31
They had not yet turned aside from their craving, [while] their food [was] still in their mouth,
Numbers 11:33
While the meat [was] still between their teeth, before it was consumed, Yahweh was angry with the people, and Yahweh struck a very great plague among the people.
Genesis 19:24
Yahweh rained down from heaven upon Sodom and Gomorrah brimstone and fire from Yahweh.
Exodus 9:23
And Moses stretched out his staff to the heavens, and Yahweh gave thunder and hail, and fire went [to the] earth, and Yahweh caused hail to rain on the land of Egypt.
Psalm 11:6
He will rain coals on [the] wicked. Burning sulfur and scorching wind [will be] the portion of their cup.
Isaiah 21:4
My {mind} staggers; fear terrifies me; the twilight {I desired} {brought} me fear.
Malachi 2:2
If you will not listen, and if you will not {take it to heart} to give glory to my name," says Yahweh of hosts, "then I will send the curse on you, and I will curse your blessings; moreover I have [already] cursed them because {you are not taking it to heart}.
Luke 12:17-20
And he reasoned to himself, saying, 'What should I do? For I do not have anywhere I can gather in my crops.'