Job 20:10
His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods.
Context
This verse from Job Chapter 20 connects to 10 cross-references. Zophar delivers his second speech arguing that the triumph of the wicked is brief and their joy momentary. He provides a detailed account of how the wicked swallow riches but must vomit them up, and how divine wrath will rain …
Other Translations
His children shall seek the favor of the poor, And his hands shall give back his wealth.
His sons do the poor oppress, And his hands give back his wealth.
His children are hoping that the poor will be kind to them, and his hands give back his wealth.
Cross References
And Zaccheus stood, and said unto the Lord; Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; …
He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.
Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay;
That which he laboured for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down: according to his substance shall the …
His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them.
Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg: let them seek their bread also out of their desolate places.
A poor man that oppresseth the poor is like a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.
But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house.
If the sun be risen upon him, there shall be blood shed for him; for he should make full restitution; …
If a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it; he shall restore five …