Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 21:20
His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
His eyes shall see his destruction – That is, his own eyes shall see his destruction, or the calamities that shall come upon him. That is, You maintain that, or this is the position which you defend. Job designs to meet this, and to show that it is not always so.
And he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty – Wrath is often represented as a cup which the wicked are compelled to drink. See the notes, Isa 51:17.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Verse 20. His eyes shall see his destruction] He shall perceive its approach, and have the double punishment of fearing and feeling; feeling a THOUSAND deaths in fearing ONE.
He shall drink of the wrath] The cup of God’s wrath, the cup of trembling, c., is frequently expressed or referred to in the sacred writings, De 32:33 Isa 51:17-22; Jer 25:15; Re 14:8. It appears to be a metaphor taken from those cups of poison which certain criminals were obliged to drink. A cup of the juice of hemlock was the wrath or punishment assigned by the Athenian magistrates to the philosopher Socrates.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
His eyes shall see his destruction, i.e. he shall be destroyed;
as to see death, is to die, Psa 89:48; Heb 11:5; and to see affliction, or any kind of evil, is to feel it Psa 90:15; Lam 3:1; and to see good, is to enjoy it, Job 7:7; 9:25; Psa 34:12. Or this phrase may be emphatical, he shall foresee his ruin hastening towards him, and not be able to prevent or avoid it; he shall sensibly feel himself sinking and perishing; which aggravates his misery.
He shall drink; not sip or taste, but drink; which word commonly notes the abundance of the thing spoken of.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
20. Another questionableassertion of the friends, that the sinner sees his own and hischildren’s destruction in his lifetime.
drink (Psa 11:6;Isa 51:17; Lam 4:21).
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
His eyes shall see his destruction,…. Or “should see his destruction” b; calamities coming upon himself and upon his children; or otherwise it will not affect him: but when a man has a personal experience of affliction as punishments of his sin, or with his own eyes sees his children in distressed circumstances on his account, this must sensibly affect him, and be a sore punishment to him; as it was to Zedekiah to have his children slain before his eyes, Jer 52:10;
and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty; or “he should drink” c of it now, according to the principles of Job’s friends, even he in person, and not his posterity only; the wrath of God is on account of sin, and dreadful to bear: if the wrath of a temporal king is as the roaring of a lion, what must be the wrath of the Almighty God, the King of kings, and Lord of lords? this is frequently in Scripture compared to a cup, and is called a cup of trembling, of wrath and fury: and of which all the wicked of the earth shall drink sooner or later,
Ps 75:8; but this they should do now, according to the notions of Job’s friends, whereas they do not; waters of a full cup, though not in wrath indeed, are wrung out to the people of God, and, as they apprehend, in wrath, when the wicked drink wine in bowls, and the cup of their prosperity overflows.
b “videret ejus oculi exitium suum”, Beza, Cocceius. c “biberet”, Beza, Cocceius.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(20) His eyes shall see his destruction.This may be understood as the continuation of Jobs suggested amendment of the Divine government. His own eyes should see his destruction, and he should drink of the wrath, &c. For what concern or interest hath he in his house after him when the number of his months is cut off, &c.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
20. His eyes shall see Better, His eyes should see and he should drink, etc. Job is still answering the insufficient theory of substitution. It is right that the parent, not the child should see destruction.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Job 21:20 His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
Ver. 20. His eyes shall see his destruction ] His slaughter, saith the Greek; his breaking to pieces, saith the Chaldee; this he shall see with his eyes, the destruction of his person, and ruin of his family. The sight of evil is a grief to see as well as the feeling of it is a pain; and that is complete destruction which is not only felt but seen. Zedekiah first saw all his children slain, and then had his eyes put out. Maurichus had the like woeful sight, and then was stewed in his own broth by the traitor Phocas.
And he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
see: Job 27:19, Luk 16:23
drink: Psa 75:8, Isa 51:17, Jer 25:15, Jer 25:16, Jer 51:7, Rev 14:10, Rev 19:15
Reciprocal: Deu 18:4 – the fleece Job 8:3 – Almighty Job 31:23 – destruction Psa 110:7 – He shall Isa 9:9 – And all Isa 63:6 – make
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
21:20 {k} His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
(k) When God recompenses his wickedness, he will know that his prosperity was vanity.