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Job Chapter 22 verse 20 Holy Bible

ASV Job 22:20

`Saying', Surely they that did rise up against us are cut off, And the remnant of them the fire hath consumed.
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BBE Job 22:20

Saying, Truly, their substance is cut off, and their wealth is food for the fire.
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DARBY Job 22:20

Is not he who rose against us destroyed, and doth not the fire consume his residue?
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KJV Job 22:20

Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the fire consumeth.
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WBT Job 22:20

Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the fire consumeth.
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WEB Job 22:20

Saying, 'Surely those who rose up against us are cut off, The fire has consumed the remnant of them.'
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YLT Job 22:20

`Surely our substance hath not been cut off, And their excellency hath fire consumed.'
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 20. - Whereas our substance is not cut down. It is best to take these as the words of the righteous in their triumph over the wicked; but they can scarcely bear the interpretation given them in the Authorized Version. The clause is not really negative but affirmative, and the word קִים. does not mean "substance," but "adversary." Translate, Surely they that rose up against us (or, our adversaries) are cut off; and compare the Revised Version. The "adversaries" of the righteous are the "wicked men" who have been "snatched away before their time," and have had their "foundation overflown with a flood" (ver. 16). But the remnant of them the fire consumeth; rather, and the remnant of them hath the fire consumed (see the Revised Version). The "fire" here, like the "flood" in ver. 16, is a metaphor, and therefore not to be pressed. All that is essential is that the wicked are destroyed. Over this the "righteous" and the "innocent" rejoice.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(20) Whereas our substance . . .--These are probably the words of the righteous and the innocent: "Surely they that did rise up against us are cut off, and the remnant of them the fire hath consumed." The rendering in the Authorised Version is probably less correct, though in that also these words seem to be those of the innocent in Job 22:19.