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Job 20

Job 20:21 KJV (With Strong’s)

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There shall χnone of his meat
'okel (Hebrew #400)
food
KJV usage: eating, food, meal(-time), meat, prey, victuals.
Pronounce: o'-kel
Origin: from 398
beq left
sariyd (Hebrew #8300)
a survivor
KJV usage: X alive, left, remain(- ing), remnant, rest.
Pronounce: saw-reed'
Origin: from 8277
; therefore shall no man look
chuwl (Hebrew #2342)
a primitive root; properly, to twist or whirl (in a circular or spiral manner), i.e. (specifically) to dance, to writhe in pain (especially of parturition) or fear; figuratively, to wait, to pervert
KJV usage: bear, (make to) bring forth, (make to) calve, dance, drive away, fall grievously (with pain), fear, form, great, grieve, (be) grievous, hope, look, make, be in pain, be much (sore) pained, rest, shake, shapen, (be) sorrow(-ful), stay, tarry, travail (with pain), tremble, trust, wait carefully (patiently), be wounded.
Pronounce: khool
Origin: or chiyl {kheel}
for his goods
tuwb (Hebrew #2898)
good (as a noun), in the widest sense, especially goodness (superlative concretely, the best), beauty, gladness, welfare
KJV usage: fair, gladness, good(-ness, thing, -s), joy, go well with.
Pronounce: toob
Origin: from 2895
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or, be none left for his meat.
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Eccl. 5:13‑14• 13There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.
 14But those riches perish by evil travail: and he begetteth a son, and there is nothing in his hand. (Eccl. 5:13‑14)

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none of his meat be left.
or, be none left for his meat.
Job 18:19• 19He shall neither have son nor nephew among his people, nor any remaining in his dwellings. (Job 18:19)
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Jer. 17:11• 11As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool. (Jer. 17:11)
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Luke 16:24‑25• 24And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.
 25But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented. (Luke 16:24‑25)
• Retribution (vers. 21-25)....The thought of retribution is enlarged upon in this portion. Covetousness means an ultimate ruin; the very ones he oppressed (the “needy,” rather than the “wicked,” ver. 22) shall be ar-rayed against him. (“Job 3-31” by S. Ridout)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Nothing escaped his greediness; therefore his prosperity shall not endure.