King James Version
What Does Job 20:15 Mean?
“He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly.”
Context
13
Though he spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it still within his mouth: within: Heb. in the midst of his palate
14
Yet his meat in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of asps within him.
15
He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly.
16
He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper's tongue shall slay him.
17
He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and butter. the floods: or, streaming brooks
Commentary
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary**15. Sabeans--**not those of Arabia-Felix, but those of Arabia-Deserta, descending from Sheba, grandson of Abraham and Keturah (Ge 25:3). The Bedouin Arabs of the present day resemble, in marauding habits, these Sabeans (compare Ge 16:12).
**I alone am escaped--**cunningly contrived by Satan. One in each case escapes (Job 1:16, 17, 19), and brings the same kind of message. This was to overwhelm Job, and leave him no time to recover from the rapid succession of calamities--"misfortunes seldom come single."
Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset, David Brown. Public Domain.
Historical Context
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Theological Significance
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