Job 20:20
Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save of that which he desired.
Context
This verse from Job Chapter 20 connects to 4 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
Because he knew no quietness within him, He shall not save aught of that wherein he delighteth.
For he hath not known ease in his belly. With his desirable thing he delivereth not himself.
There is no peace for him in his wealth, and no salvation for him in those things in which he took delight.
Cross References
There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked.
But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt.
But those riches perish by evil travail: and he begetteth a son, and there is nothing in his hand.
There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to …