OLD TESTAMENT

Job 20:23

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When he is about to fill his belly, God will cast the fierceness of his wrath on him. It will rain on him while he is eating.

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Verse 23. May. Hebrew “And when he shall be about to fill his belly,” like king Baltassar, death shall hurry him away. Calmet.—Rain. Septuagint “hurl sorrows upon him,” ( Bible.) by an untimely death, followed with eternal hunger and thirst. Thus was treat the rich glutton. Luke 16:22. Calmet.

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