Let his eyes see his own destruction; let him drink for himself the wrath of the Almighty.
Parallel translations
- WEB Let his own eyes see his destruction. Let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
- KJV His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
- NKJV Let his eyes see his destruction, And let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
- NASB “Let his own eyes see his destruction, And let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
- NLT Let them see their destruction with their own eyes. Let them drink deeply of the anger of the Almighty.
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Quick answer
Job says the wicked person should witness his own ruin and drink the cup of God's wrath himself. He longs for justice to be personally experienced, not abstract.
Overview
The 'cup of wrath' is a recurring biblical image of God's judgment poured out (Ps 75:8; Jer 25:15). Job desires that the guilty taste it personally. Profoundly, the New Testament reveals that Christ drank this very cup of wrath on the cross (Matt 26:39), bearing for sinners the judgment they deserved, so that those who trust Him are spared.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 9
- Rev 14:10he too will drink the wine of God’s anger, poured undiluted into the cup of His wrath. And he will be tormented in fire and sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and of the Lamb.
- Isa 51:17Awake, awake! Rise up, O Jerusalem, you who have drunk from the hand of the LORD the cup of His fury; you who have drained the goblet to the dregs—the cup that makes men stagger.
- Ps 75:8For a cup is in the hand of the LORD, full of foaming wine mixed with spices. He pours from His cup, and all the wicked of the earth drink it down to the dregs.
- Rev 19:15And from His mouth proceeds a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations, and He will rule them with an iron scepter. He treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty.
- Ps 60:3You have shown Your people hardship; we are staggered from the wine You made us drink.
- Jer 51:7Babylon was a gold cup in the hand of the LORD, making the whole earth drunk. The nations drank her wine; therefore the nations have gone mad.
- Luke 16:23In Hades, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham from afar, with Lazarus by his side.
- Job 27:19He lies down wealthy, but will do so no more; when he opens his eyes, all is gone.
- Jer 25:15–16This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, said to me: “Take from My hand this cup of the wine of wrath, and make all the nations to whom I send you drink from it.
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