Job 20:23 To fill his belly to the full,    God will send his wrath against him,       And rain it upon him as his food.   Wouldn’t it be great if God did this to our enemies? Rhetorical. There is not good answer as the ramifications of such wrath would be as terrible as… Continue reading Study of Job 20:23 – #481 Sacrifice

Job 20:22 In the fullness of his sufficiency, he will be in distress,    Every hand in misery will come upon him   A friend of a friend started a service organization called Lighthouse for Students. We went to the fund raising gala last night. This group using volunteers to help the poorest of the… Continue reading Study of Job 20:22 – #480 Sufficiency

Job 20:21 No remnant is left for him to devour,    Therefore, his prosperity cannot endure.   I added the comma after therefore and wondered if it was required in poetry. In my memory of English, a pause is denoted by a comma (or something). Apparently, people are trying to change the way commas are… Continue reading Study of Job 20:21 – #479 Step or Plan

Job 20:20 Because he never had respite from his cravings,    He will not escape with anything he desired.   When I read the number of the verse, I thought I would make each of the next few pieces about a retrospective. The good thing is I know a bunch of things about cards from… Continue reading Study of Job 20:20 – #478 The Year that was

Job 20 :19 He has forsaken, indeed crushed, the poor,    Seized houses rather than build his own.   New month, new level of expectations, and more need to depend on God. Last night we went to the rodeo cook off and for the first time ever, we got there before the crowds. I was… Continue reading Study of Job 20:19 – #477 Forgive, Especially if I Get It Wrong

Job 20:18 He will disgorge the yield of his toil unswallowed,    Spewing forth, gains fully restored, not chewed up.   My first thought was how do you disgorge something not swallowed in the first place. Got over that quick, but it did get my attention. I had a new appreciation of a phrase I… Continue reading Study of Job 20:18 – #476 By Our Love

Job 20:17 He will never look upon rivers of oil,    Streams of milk and honey,   As I learn more about food, I believe these verses are talking about things like olive oil, milk fat, and honey (as a sweetener) as opposed to vegetable oil, skim milk, and cane sugar, or high fructose whatever.… Continue reading Study of Job 20:17 – # 475 Flowing

Job 20:16 He will suck the poison of serpents,    The tongue of the viper will slay him.   I have three major financial transactions to make soon: long-term care, taxes, and tithes. Long term care is the only one that does not keep repeating. Taxes are not optional, and forever seem to be huge… Continue reading Study of Job 20:16 – #474 Plans

Job 20:15 The riches he swallowed he vomits,    God expels them from his belly.   This reminds me of my cats. They eat too many snacks and out comes everything. Oddly enough they have been refusing snacks as of late. Maybe they are learning. ‘Riches’ was also ‘goods’ and ‘wealth’. ‘Vomit’ was also ‘spit… Continue reading Study of Job 20:15 – #473 Dog? No!

Job 20:14 Yet turns food in his stomach sour,    Into the venom of asps within him.   The last two days have revealed some really bad behavior by one of our subcontractors. Their leader confessed and professed they would do everything within their power to minimize the impacts. As one guy summed it up,… Continue reading Study of Job 20:14 – #472 Outcomes