Job 20:10
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Job 20:10 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Job 20:10 is a verse from the book of Job in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods. His children...: or, The poor shall..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Job 20:10 — KJV
“His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods. His children...: or, The poor shall oppress his children”
— Job 20:10 (KJV)
Job 20:10 in Context — About the Book of Job
Job is the Bible's deepest wrestle with undeserved suffering. A blameless man loses everything, sits in ashes, and refuses easy answers — from his friends or himself. God answers from the whirlwind not with explanations but with Himself, and Job's fortunes are restored double.
Cross-References for Job 20:10
“He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor.”
Shares key themes with Job 20:10: children, poor, oppress
“Hath oppressed the poor and needy, hath spoiled by violence, hath not restored the pledge, and hath lifted up his eyes to the idols, hath committed abomination,”
Shares key themes with Job 20:10: poor, restore, oppress
“And Zacchaeus stood, and said unto the Lord; Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have taken any thing from any man by false accusation, I restore him fourfold.”
Shares key themes with Job 20:10: poor, restore, goods
“Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come unto me: and I have also seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress them.”
Shares key themes with Job 20:10: children, oppress
“And Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions in all their sins, putting them upon the head of the goat, and shall send him away by the hand of a fit man into the wilderness: a fit...: Heb. a man of opportunity”
Shares key themes with Job 20:10: children, hands
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