Job 20:21

The Scriptures 1998

There is no left-over after he has eaten, therefore his good does not last.

Cross References

Jeremiah 17:11

“As a partridge that broods but does not hatch, so is he who gets riches, but not by right. It leaves him in the midst of his days, and at his end he is a fool.”

Job 18:19

He leaves no offspring or descendant among his people, nor any survivor in his dwellings.

Job 15:29

He shall not be rich, and his wealth shall not rise, and his possessions shall not overspread the earth.

Job 15:21

A frightening sound is in his ears; in peace a destroyer comes to him.

Isaiah 5:8

Woe to those who join house to house, who add field to field, until there is no room, and you are made to dwell alone in the midst of the land!

Isaiah 5:9

In my hearing יהוה  of hosts said, “Truly, many houses shall be a waste – big and fine ones, without inhabitant.

Amos 3:10

‘But they do not know to do what is right,’ declares יהוה, ‘these who store up plunder and loot in their palaces.’ ”

Amos 3:11

Therefore thus said the Master יהוה, “An enemy, even all around the land! And he shall bring down your strength from you, and your palaces shall be plundered.”