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Job 20:29

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— “This is the wicked man’s portion from God, Even the heritage decreed to him by God.”
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— This [is] the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed unto him by God.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed unto him by God.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— This is the portion of a wicked man from God, And the heritage appointed unto him by God.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— This [is] the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed to him by God.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— This is the portion of the wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed to him by *God.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— This, is the portion of the lawless man, from God, and the inheritance decreed him from the Mighty One.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— This [is] the portion of a wicked man from God. And an inheritance appointed him by God.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the inheritance of his doings from the Lord.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— This is the portion of the wicked man fro God, and the heritage that he shal haue of God for his wordes.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— This [is] the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed vnto him by God.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed to him from the Highest.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— This is the portion of an ungodly man from the Lord, and the possession of his goods [appointed him] by the all-seeing [God].
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— This [is] the portion of a wicked man from Elohim, and the heritage appointed unto him by El.

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
This x2088
(2088) Complement
זֶה
zeh
{zeh}
A primitive word; the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that.
[is] the portion 2506
{2506} Prime
חֵלֶק
cheleq
{khay'-lek}
From H2505; properly smoothness (of the tongue); also an allotment.
of a wicked 7563
{7563} Prime
רָשָׁע
rasha`
{raw-shaw'}
From H7561; morally wrong; concretely an (actively) bad person.
man 120
{0120} Prime
אָדָם
'adam
{aw-dawm'}
From H0119; ruddy, that is, a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.).
from ´Élöhîm אֱלֹהִים, 430
{0430} Prime
אֱלֹהִים
'elohiym
{el-o-heem'}
Plural of H0433; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative.
x4480
(4480) Complement
מִן
min
{min}
For H4482; properly a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses.
and the heritage 5159
{5159} Prime
נַחֲלָה
nachalah
{nakh-al-aw'}
From H5157 (in its usual sense); properly something inherited, that is, (abstractly) occupancy, or (concretely) an heirloom; generally an estate, patrimony or portion.
appointed 561
{0561} Prime
אֵמֶר
'emer
{ay'-mer}
From H0559; something said.
unto him by ´Ël אֵל. 410
{0410} Prime
אֵל
'el
{ale}
Shortened from H0352; strength; as adjective mighty; especially the Almighty (but used also of any deity).
x4480
(4480) Complement
מִן
min
{min}
For H4482; properly a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

Job 20:29

_ _ appointed — not as a matter of chance, but by the divine “decree” (Margin) and settled principle.

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on Job 20:23-29.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Job 20:29

Heritage — Heb. the heritage; so called, to denote the stability and assurance of it, that it is as firm as an inheritance to the right heir; and in opposition to that inheritance which he had gotten by fraud and violence.

Geneva Bible Translation Notes

Job 20:29

This [is] the portion of a wicked man from (r) God, and the heritage appointed unto him by (s) God.

(r) Thus God will plague the wicked.

(s) Against God, thinking to excuse himself, and to escape God's hand.

Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance
the portion:

Job 18:21 Surely such [are] the dwellings of the wicked, and this [is] the place [of him that] knoweth not God.
Job 27:13 This [is] the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, [which] they shall receive of the Almighty.
Job 31:2-3 For what portion of God [is there] from above? and [what] inheritance of the Almighty from on high? ... [Is] not destruction to the wicked? and a strange [punishment] to the workers of iniquity?
Deuteronomy 29:20-28 The LORD will not spare him, but then the anger of the LORD and his jealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the curses that are written in this book shall lie upon him, and the LORD shall blot out his name from under heaven. ... And the LORD rooted them out of their land in anger, and in wrath, and in great indignation, and cast them into another land, as [it is] this day.
Psalms 11:5-6 The LORD trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth. ... Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an horrible tempest: [this shall be] the portion of their cup.
Matthew 24:51 And shall cut him asunder, and appoint [him] his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

appointed unto him by God:
Heb. of his decree from God,
Lamentations 3:38 Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good?
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Chain-Reference Bible SearchCross References with Concordance

Dt 29:20. Jb 18:21; 27:13; 31:2. Ps 11:5. Lm 3:38. Mt 24:51.

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