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Job 20:21
He had never enough for his desire; for this cause his well-being will quickly come to an end.
Job 20:21 · Bible in Basic English
Job 20:21 in other translations
There shall none of his meat be left; therefore shall no man look for his goods.
Nothing is left for him to consume; thus his prosperity will not endure.
There was nothing left that he didn’t devour, therefore his prosperity will not endure.
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In context
18 He is forced to give back the fruit of his work, and may not take it for food; he has no joy in the profit of his trading.
19 Because he has been cruel to the poor, turning away from them in their trouble; because he has taken a house by force which he did not put up;
20 There is no peace for him in his wealth, and no salvation for him in those things in which he took delight.
21 He had never enough for his desire; for this cause his well-being will quickly come to an end.
22 Even when his wealth is great, he is full of care, for the hand of everyone who is in trouble is turned against him.
23 God gives him his desire, and sends the heat of his wrath on him, making it come down on him like rain.
24 He may go in flight from the iron spear, but the arrow from the bow of brass will go through him;
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