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Job 22:20 Cross-References
Explore 12 cross-references for Job 22:20 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Job chapter 22 verse 20 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the fire consumeth. substance: or, estate the remnant: or, their excellency”
Job 22:20 (KJV)
Commentary on Job 22:20
Whereas our substance is not cut down (אִם־לֹא נִכְחַד קִימָנוּ)—Qimanu (our rising/substance/existence) contrasts with the wicked's destruction; nichad (cut down/destroyed) echoes verse 16's language. Eliphaz contrasts 'our' (the righteous) security with 'their' (the wicked) judgment.But the remnant of them the fire consumeth (וְיִתְרָם אָכְלָה אֵשׁ)—Yitram (their remnant/abundance) and achlah esh (fire consumed) invoke Sodom and Gomorrah imagery (Genesis 19:24-28). Fire represents complete, final divine judgment. Eliphaz's entire speech reaches its climax: the wicked get destroyed; we the ri...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Job 22:20
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“Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven;”
“condemned them to destruction”
“All darkness shall be hid in his secret places: a fire not blown shall consume him; it shall go ill with him that is left in his tabernacle.”
“there also came another”
“and shall not swallow it down. According to the substance that he has gotten”
“Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice?”
“He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches”
“it rained fire and sulfur from the sky”
“and you choose the language of the crafty.”