King James Version
Job 20:10 in the King James Version says “His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods. His children: or, The poor shall op...” — study this verse from Job chapter 20 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods. His children: or, The poor shall oppress his children”
Job 20:10 · KJV
He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.
The eye also which saw him shall see him no more; neither shall his place any more behold him.
His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods. His children: or, The poor shall oppress his children
His bones are full of the sin of his youth, which shall lie down with him in the dust.
Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue;
KJV Study — Public Domain
“His children”
H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
“and his hands”
H3027a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from h3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great v
“shall restore”
H7725to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point);
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