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Job 20:22

Job 20:22
In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand of the wicked shall come upon him.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits,.... For though he may not only have a sufficient competency to live upon, but even a fulness of temporal blessings, have as much as heart can…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

In the fulness of his sufficiency - When he seems to have an abundance. He shall be in straits - Either by the dread of calamity, or because calamity shall come suddenly upon him, and his property…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Job 20:10-22

The instances here given of the miserable condition of the wicked man in this world are expressed with great fulness and fluency of language, and the same thing returned to again and repeated in other…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

In the moment of his great abundance his straitness comes suddenly upon him.

every hand of the wicked Rather, of the wretched (ch. Job 3:20, him that is in misery). All those in destitution, and the…