King James Version

Job 20:22

In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand of the wicked shall come upon him.

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בִּמְלֹ֣אותbimlovtin be at an endמָלֵאpreposition, verb, qal, infinitive construct — “in be at an end”, the to-form of the verbH4390to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively)accomplish, confirm, [phrase] consecrate, be at an end, be expired, be fenced, fill, fulfil, (be, become, [idiom] draw, give in, go) full(-ly, -ly set, tale), (over-) flow, fulness, furnish, gather (selves, together), presume, replenish, s…שִׂ֭פְקוֹsifqvostrokeסֵפֶקnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “stroke”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5607chastisement; also satietystroke, sufficiency.יֵ֣צֶרyetserbe distressedיָצַרverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “be distressed”, an unfinished actionH3334to press (intransitive), i.e. be narrow; figuratively, be in distressbe distressed, be narrow, be straitened (in straits), be vexed.ל֑וֹlvotoל֑וֹpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “to”toכָּלkalallכֹּלnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “all”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)(in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).יַ֖דyadhandיָדnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct — “hand”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3027a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),([phrase] be) able, [idiom] about, [phrase] armholes, at, axletree, because of, beside, border, [idiom] bounty, [phrase] broad, (broken-) handed, [idiom] by, charge, coast, [phrase] consecrate, [phrase] creditor, custody, debt, dominion, […עָמֵ֣לamelthat labourethעָמֵלadjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “that laboureth”, the ordinary formH6001toiling; concretely, a laborer; figuratively, sorrowfulthat laboureth, that is a misery, had taken (labour), wicked, workman.תְּבוֹאֶֽנּוּtevoenvto comeבּוֹאverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “to come”, an unfinished actionH935to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)abide, apply, attain, [idiom] be, befall, [phrase] besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, [idiom] certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, [idiom] doubtless again, [phrase] eat,…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits; the hand of every one that is in misery shall come upon him.

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American Standard Version (1901)

In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: The hand of every one that is in misery shall come upon him.

Young’s Literal Translation

In the fulness of his sufficiency he is straitened. Every perverse hand doth meet him.

World English Bible

In the fullness of his sufficiency, distress will overtake him. The hand of everyone who is in misery will come on him.

Darby Translation

In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits; every hand of the wretched shall come upon him.

Douay-Rheims

When he shall be filled, he shall be straitened, he shall burn, and every sorrow shall fall upon him.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits; the hand of every one that is in misery shall come upon him.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

But when he shall seem to be just satisfied, he shall be straitened; and all distress shall come upon him.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ὅταν δὲ δοκῇ ἤδη πεπληρῶσθαι, θλιβήσεται, πᾶσα δὲ ἀνάγκη ἐπʼ αὐτὸν ἐπελεύσεται.