Job 20:23 | KingComments | STEP | When the wicked man thinks he has a fulness of abundance, cramps come upon him ( ). The terrible possibility that he will lose everything gives him nightmares. What strikes him is worse than a nightmare. Every suffering person who has ever fallen into misery due to him will raise his hand against him and have it come down upon him with punishment. Not only will the hand of every suffering person be against him, but God will also turn against him ( ). That will be his judgment. If he has something to fill his belly, God will send His fierce anger on him. God will fill his belly with His fierce anger, until it gives him abdominal pain and he has no use of his food at all (cf. ). He will get no strength from it. And while he is still enjoying his food, he will be struck by a rain of anger that God sends upon him in His displeasure. There is no way to escape this judgment. The wicked who thinks he can escape one evil will be struck by another evil ( ; cf. ). His attempts to flee judgment are useless. If he succeeds in fleeing from iron weapons (the sword), he will be struck by an arrow with a glittering point shot by a bronze bow. No matter how hard he runs away, the arrow overtakes him and penetrates his back ( ). The arrow has penetrated deep into his body. When it is pulled out, it turns out to have gall on it, which means he is fatally struck. There is no cure for it. A terrible death awaits him.

‏ Job 20:23

Payback

When the wicked man thinks he has a fulness of abundance, cramps come upon him (Job 20:22). The terrible possibility that he will lose everything gives him nightmares. What strikes him is worse than a nightmare. Every suffering person who has ever fallen into misery due to him will raise his hand against him and have it come down upon him with punishment.

Not only will the hand of every suffering person be against him, but God will also turn against him (Job 20:23). That will be his judgment. If he has something to fill his belly, God will send His fierce anger on him. God will fill his belly with His fierce anger, until it gives him abdominal pain and he has no use of his food at all (cf. Psa 106:14-15). He will get no strength from it. And while he is still enjoying his food, he will be struck by a rain of anger that God sends upon him in His displeasure.

There is no way to escape this judgment. The wicked who thinks he can escape one evil will be struck by another evil (Job 20:24; cf. Amos 5:19). His attempts to flee judgment are useless. If he succeeds in fleeing from iron weapons (the sword), he will be struck by an arrow with a glittering point shot by a bronze bow. No matter how hard he runs away, the arrow overtakes him and penetrates his back (Job 20:25). The arrow has penetrated deep into his body. When it is pulled out, it turns out to have gall on it, which means he is fatally struck. There is no cure for it. A terrible death awaits him.